Online job ads for nurses continue to dominate Sacramento's help-wanted posts, but computer systems analysts and retail positions were also in demand.
In all, 1,429 ads for registered nurses were posted in the state Employment Development Department's Help Wanted Online report as of Sept. 1.
That was up from the 1,278 ads for registered nurses as of July 1.
Meanwhile, postings for computer systems analysts (676) and retail salespersons (557) were virtually flat compared to July 1.
Systems analysts ads increased by just three positions, and postings for salespeople rose by 28 ads, though they held on to second and fourth place, respectively.
Ads for retail managers held the third spot with 604 online advertisements.
Health networks again topped the list of employers' job postings, but the report featured a new No. 1 in September, with Catholic Healthcare West bumping Kaiser Permanente to No. 2.
Catholic Healthcare West's 866 job postings led Kaiser Permanente's 405 postings and fourth-place Sutter Health's 263, as of Sept. 1.
In third place sat information technology staffing company Sapphire Technologies, with 273 postings.
Sacramento led area cities with more than 15,176 postings, followed by Roseville (1,702), Rancho Cordova (1,294), Folsom (1,193) and Elk Grove (663), according to the report.
HIREvent set Tuesday
Job seekers can meet with employers and recruiters Tuesday at Job Journal's annual fall HIREvent in Sacramento.
The free event is from noon to 4 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza (formerly Holiday Inn Northeast), 5321 Date Ave., near Madison Avenue and Interstate 80.
Numerous employers including Aflac, Farmers Insurance, the California Department of Transportation and Verizon Wireless are scheduled to attend.
Employment experts will also be on hand, providing free personal résumé consultations.
For information, visit jobjournal.com or call (888) 843-5627.
Lunchtime seminar series
The State Personnel Board's lunchtime seminars continue noon Tuesday at the board's Sacramento office, 801 Capitol Mall.
The seminar outlines the state's civil service hiring process.
Participants in the free one-hour sessions learn how to complete state employment applications and search for job examinations; how to read job-recruitment bulletins; and how to search for vacancies, among other topics.
For information on the lunchtime seminars, visit the board's website at www.jobs.ca.gov and select the "SPB" icon at the top left corner of the page.
Networking trainer to talk
Networking trainer Barbara Lopez will speak at the Nov. 3 meeting of Active Job Seekers of Roseville.
Lopez will discuss how to deliver effective introductions to contacts and to prospective employers.
Meetings are 9 a.m. Thursdays at 513 Gibson Drive on the University of Phoenix campus in Roseville.
For information on Active Job Seekers events, visit www. activejobseekers.org.
Job-hunting questions?
Ask Terri Carpenter, one of our "Ask the Experts" writers, who can answer your career questions online.
A jobs expert at the Sacramento Employment & Training Agency, Carpenter has expertise in résumé writing, job-skills training and career counseling.
To post your question or to view her advice to other job seekers, go to www.sacbee.com/ask.
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