<>>... but no good jobs? or at least none as good as old jobs?<<
This is a myth, Jay, that suits a certain political agenda to promulgate. <>
As you say ACF, it's gung ho in cyberspace: signonsandiego.com
<By Jennifer Davies
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
February 28, 2004
The wireless telephone business may finally be on the rebound, particularly if Qualcomm's hiring plans are an indication.
The San Diego wireless technology company is holding a local job fair today, its first since 1997 when the tech economy was just beginning to gather steam.
Dan Sullivan, Qualcomm's executive vice president of human resources, said there are about 450 current openings and the company is on pace to add 1,000 workers by the end of the year. Qualcomm now has about 6,500 employees, with 6,000 of them based in San Diego.
The fair is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 6455 Lusk Blvd. in Mira Mesa.
Most of the positions Qualcomm wants to fill are high-paying engineering jobs for its increased research and development efforts. The company has said it want to focus on R&D so it can expand beyond its primary technology business – the patented wireless standard called CDMA, short for code division multiple access.
Sullivan said that while talent is not as tight as it was during the boom years, the company is finding it increasingly difficult to fill technical jobs.
"The types of engineers that Qualcomm looks for are in short supply," he said.
At Qualcomm's last job fair, Sullivan said, the company expected 2,000 to 4,000 applicants, but more than 10,000 showed up in the rain. This time the company expects between 3,000 to 5,000 applicants.... >
I suspect that what people mean by "good jobs" is high paying jobs for unskilled, unintelligent people who used to make a fortune in union-protected production lines which ripped off the USA consumer. Now the USA consumer is buying from decent, hard-working Chinese, who are buying American CDMA cyberphones by the million, so the money is coming right back, as money does, albeit sometimes via a tortuous route, via Japan to Saudi Arabia to Germany to UK to USA.
The unskilled, unintelligent, Americans will have to get another job, perhaps at lower pay, which will help keep inflation down.
Pilots who used to enjoy a great racket are increasingly working for a living in a competitive industry. The global job market is working wonders, with Indians in Hyderabad earning good money from QUALCOMM. I don't see why I should hire Americans when there are Indians prepared to do a better job for less money. qualcomm.com
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