Article: Some 2000 Hopefuls Attend Montgomery, Ala., Job Fair.

By Brett Clanton, Montgomery Advertiser, Ala. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 23--The seventh annual Southern Region Military and Civilian Job Fair took over the Montgomery Civic Center on Tuesday.

About 2,000 job seekers -- mostly retired military and civilians with the Department of Defense -- showed up with resumes in hand.

There to greet them were 75 employers, fanned out across the trade show floor, hunting for hires in fields ranging from computer programming to law enforcement.

Fair organizer John Harris, manager of the transition assistance program at Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, said while participation from ...

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