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Friday’s jobless report shows that the California labor market remains stalled, with unemployment at 12.5 percent and jobs still scarce. But even in this tough environment, large employers continue to add positions, and some jobs are easier to come by for people with the appropriate skills.

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The search engine SimplyHired.com recently identified the Bay Area companies with the largest number of online openings. They include: Kaiser Permanente, IBM, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Wells Fargo, Roche, Sutter Health, Accenture, Genentech and Cisco Systems.

For instance, Genentech, which has about 8,800 employees on the Peninsula, will add a few hundred people over the next year across a wide range of jobs, from scientists to administrators. A company spokeswoman said this is not a special hiring push but merely in keeping with its expectations for single-digit payroll growth.

SimplyHired also noted the jobs which had the fewest inquiries relative to the number of openings in the Bay Area. Among them: pest control workers, medical transcriptionists, insurance sales agents, telemarketers, rehabilitation counselors, automotive service technicians and mechanics, massage therapists, occupational therapists, physical therapists and speech-language pathologists.

The most competitive jobs, in terms of the most applicants per opening, include: librarians, graphic designers, art directors, shipping, receiving and traffic clerks, lawyers, store clerks and order fillers, compensation and benefits managers, civil engineers, public relations specialists and electricians.

The blog that helps you find, get and keep a job, sfgate.com/blogs/gettowork

This article appeared on page D – 3 of the San Francisco Chronicle