In this exclusive OC180NEWS monthly report, OC180NEWS looks at managerial online job postings during October. since July 2009, This survey has tracked online job postings in 30 major metropolitan areas. Four California areas – Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, and Riverside – are included in the survey.
Of the 30 cities in the national survey, 29 experienced fewer online job postings during October verses September. Only San Francisco, where the index went up from 111, to 113, had more job postings last month. While the increase in San Francisco was small, it is the first time in three months that the index did not go down.
Even with October’s increase, San Francisco’s job postings are well below the high water mark. In March 2011, the job posting index for San Francisco was 127. October is only the second month since March where the index did not decline.
“Even with subdued hiring rates and elevated unemployment, employers still say they’re having difficulty filling certain positions,” says Tony Lee, publisher, CareerCast.com. ”Considering that millions of people cannot find employment in their industries, the issue may be that employers either aren’t willing to pay what candidates are requesting, or they’re not willing to revise job requirements and provide training to help the unemployed in order to fill their hiring needs.”
Online job postings for Los Angeles and San Diego followed the same trend. For both Southern California cities, the index fell from 49 during September, to 45 for October.
These index values are per capita, so it means the chances of finding a job in Los Angeles and San Diego are about equal. But, with an index of 113, it means the chances for landing a job in San Francisco are more than double the chances in either Los Angeles or San Diego.
Riverside is the fourth California city in the survey and it has been in last place among all 30 cities since the survey began back in July 2009. The index for Riverside fell from 21 in September, to 20 for October. In June, the Riverside job posting index was at its high of 25. It has slipped consistently since June.
The biggest losers in hiring activity this month were Louisville (-22%), Memphis (-20%) and Milwaukee (-16%).
“Louisville and other Midwestern cities have been involved in union contract negotiations, which may have resulted in temporary hiring uncertainty,” says Jay Martin, COO, JobSerf. “Memphis, the city with the greatest improvement in managerial hiring in September, may be seeing a natural rebalancing of activity in October.”
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Dolores Barr has lived in Rossmoor since 1992 and has created this site to provide local news for the people of Los Alamitos, Seal Beach, Rossmoor, Leisure World, Sunset Beach, and Surfside, California. My husband and I have had two students graduate from the Los Alamitos Unified School District and currently our Grandson, Ricky Apodaca, grade 3 at Weaver Elementary, is actively involved in youth baseball through LAYB and youth football through FNL.
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