Article: More than 3,700 job-seekers look for work at fair

A 22-year-old barely three months out of school was on the hunt for his first real job, while a 68-year-old former vice president of a chemicals company sought contract work with anyone hiring.

They were just two hopefuls out of 3,720 people, many of whom stood in line for hours in the cold on 45th Street, converging on a midtown Manhattan hotel Thursday in search of employment.

The fair, sponsored by jobs Web site Monster.com, was one of a string of huge career expos held in New York in the past couple of months. There were 93 companies represented, said spokesperson AJ Goodman, and 1,000 openings for job-hunters.

For Audrey Basbas, 55, this is her third job fair this ...

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