San Diego job postings rise 12% since last year

Online want ads have increased for eight months in a row

By Dean Calbreath
Originally published November 4, 2010 at 12:29 p.m., updated November 4, 2010 at 2 p.m.

On-line job postings in San Diego rose slightly in October, despite a seasonal decline throughout the rest of the country, according to an index released Thursday by the on-line job site http://www.Monster.com

Monster’s index for San Diego rose from 71 in September to 72 in October and has risen 12 percent since October 2009. It was the eighth month in a row that job postings improved on an annual basis.

“This is good news for the San Diego market,â€