Online job postings showed little change in June, mirroring the month's weak employment report, according to Internet job site Indeed.com.

Economists found little to cheer in June's bleak employment data released Friday and online job seekers were likely just as frustrated.

Job postings showed little gain, if any, in most sectors, according to Indeed's report of industry employment trends released Thursday, with accounting, financial services, hospitality and manufacturing registering 1 to 2 percent increases.

The flat results also spotlight the struggles of Sacramento-area job seekers. Sacramento has more unemployed people per job posting than all but four of the 50 most populous U.S. metropolitan areas, Indeed says.

Three Sacramentans are unemployed for every posting in the Sacramento area, according to Indeed's analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

Miami was worst off, with five unemployed people per job posting, followed by Riverside, Los Angeles and Detroit.

Sacramento also languished well to the rear of the pack in second-quarter job postings per 1,000 people. It had 51 postings per 1,000, ranking 38th among the 50 most populous metropolitan areas, according to the report.

San Jose topped the list with 187 online job postings per 1,000 people. San Francisco, with 105 postings per 1,000, placed fourth.

The brightest sectors for job postings were in real estate, up 9 percent from May; transportation, with a 4 percent gain; and construction, which rose 3 percent.

For real estate, the rise marked the first increase in postings since November 2010, Indeed reported.

Much of the demand was for property managers and leasing consultants, an indication that more people are looking at renting properties instead of buying homes.

But postings for more typical leaders such as health care and retail both fell in June. Health care and retail led the list with 829,000 and nearly 430,000 postings, respectively, but health care postings online dropped 4 percent last month, while retail fell a percentage point.

Information technology, third on the list with nearly 418,000 postings, and education were unchanged in June.

Find the report at blog.indeed.com.

Expo to aid minority firms

California American Water will host a business expo Tuesday in Citrus Heights for firms owned by women, minorities and disabled veterans.

Firms at the event – from 8 a.m. to noon at the Citrus Heights Community Center, 6300 Fountain Square Drive – can find coaching and mentoring, as well as business and networking opportunities.

Staffers from the California Public Utilities Commission will also be available to provide businesspeople with information on how to become state-certified as diverse business owners.

For more information, call California American Water's Tina Heacox at (916) 568-4248.

Job-hunting questions?

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A jobs expert at the Sacramento Employment & Training Agency, Carpenter has expertise in résumé writing, job-skills training and career counseling.

To post your questions or view her advice to other job seekers, go to www.sacbee.com/ask.

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