Monster Worldwide appears to be emerging from the recession with increased bookings across Western Europe and China, although North America appears to be a bit more skittish and the U.K. and India can be best described as sluggish. Overall, bookings were up about 19 percent for Q2, compared with the same quarter of 2009.

And while a sour global economy certainly had its negative impact, one explosive trend hasn’t fazed Monster a bit, according to CEO Sal Iannuzzi: social media. Continue reading →