Thanks for the suggestion about Qualcomm. I just took a look at their web site and found 658 openings. On a quick perusal of the list, they all looked to be technical and managerial openings, which presumably would be all higher paying then clerical. I didn’t see any clerical positions at all. Does Qualcomm not post those openings, are are there just not any? If powayseller’s friend was surprised at the number of openings, is this just a way to garner resumes in case jobs become open?

Now that you mention it, powayseller, I’ve noticed more than the usual number of help wanted signs in retail businesses also. I wonder if business owners are doing that in lieu of advertising. A help wanted sign costs a couple of bucks and can be reused. An ad in the Union-Trib can be a couple hundred bucks, I think. At any rate, retail jobs aren’t the ones that will allow the worked to buy so much as a small studio apartment converted to a….ahem….cough, cough…condo.