DALLAS (TIP): Dallas-based AT&T Inc. said it was hanging out a help wanted sign. The company wanted to fill more than 1,800 jobs in Texas, including 770 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

More than 1,000 of the positions statewide were newly created. Monday, AT&T said it was still looking to hire. Now it has more than 1,000 jobs to fill in Texas, just over half of them newly created. That includes 350 jobs to fill in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, 61 of them new, a spokeswoman said.

The jobs range from technicians to call center employees to retail employees. Applications can be done online. The company currently employs 36,000 in Texas, up 1,000 since June, the company said. It employs 246,000 nationwide, up from 240,000 in June.