Article: UO job fair draws many students, fewer firms.(City/Region)(Amid the economic downturn, the number of companies represented falls and most have little to offer eager graduates)

Byline: Whitney Malkin The Register-Guard

In an economy where employers are shedding jobs, graduating college students have plenty to worry about.

Those fears hung in the air Wednesday as hundreds of job hunters packed the University of Oregon ballroom for the school's two-day spring career fair.

UO junior Kelsie Jordan had plans to graduate early last fall, but decided to stay in school to wait out the economic downturn and improve her chances at employment.

The 21-year-old business major spent Wednesday clutching a stack of resumes and waiting to talk to potential employers.

Jordan said few company representatives were ...

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