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By Mary Gail Hare | October 9, 2009
An employment fair for seniors in Baltimore County on Thursday drew several hundred job seekers, many of them recently laid off after years with the same company. Most were in their 50s and early 60s, too young for Social Security benefits and still critically in need of work. "I absolutely am looking for a job," said Kathy Metcalf of Catonsville, a human resources worker who was laid off a year ago after 24 years on the job. "I may be an aging baby boomer, but I still have a son in college."
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By Dan Rodricks | September 20, 2009
An hour before Thursday morning's job fair at the Baltimore Convention Center, the line to get in was already long, so two women just north of middle age - "mature workers" - pulled a couple of soft chairs away from a coffee table so they could sit during the wait. "You're not allowed to do that," a custodian from the convention center was quick to tell them. "What if you're handicapped?" one of the women said, and the custodian was just as quick to back off. The women made themselves comfortable and started rummaging through the plastic greeting bag everyone received upon arrival at EmploymentGuide.
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April 2, 2009
Thousands flocked to the 5th Regiment Armory in Baltimore for a job fair Monday that featured government and private employers but few real job offers. Here are a few participants' views: Emory Proctor, 24, a graduate of Hampton University with a degree in business administration, has a job but is open to a new opportunity: "It's easier to find a job when you have a job. ... Right now, [in] my current position, I do pretty well. As I said, I'm with the financial services division, so, I mean, the people that are trying to invest, I do OK, but it's so rocky and up and down that you never know."
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By Hanah Cho | March 26, 2009
Jennifer Prosa stood patiently in a line of at least 300 people, with each person waiting just to get inside a job fair Wednesday at the Baltimore Convention Center. "I probably should have gotten here earlier," said the 27-year-old Severn resident as she surveyed the hundreds of hungry job-seekers ahead of her. If there is any telltale sign of growing unemployment woes in this deepening recession, look no further than recent job fairs across the country and in the Baltimore region. Many have drawn thousands of laid-off workers and others in search of limited job openings.
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February 26, 2009
Six Flags holding job fair Saturday Six Flags America is holding its annual job fair Saturday to hire seasonal workers for 1,500 positions at its park in Bowie. The jobs, which begin in March and run through November, are available in rides, foods, games and front gate operations, among various openings. Besides hourly seasonal positions, Six Flags is also offering college internships and limited full-time positions. Visit www.sixflagsjobs.com to start the application process. The job fair is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 13710 Central Ave. in Bowie.
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By Tyeesha Dixon | March 12, 2008
Nazleen Khan was looking for something to keep her busy during summer vacation. At a job fair for teenagers, the Atholton High School sophomore found possible summer employment and volunteer positions. "I came because I needed a summer job, and I was looking around to see what's in the community for volunteer opportunities," she said. This was the first time she had attended the annual fair, an event she heard about at school. "There are a lot of volunteer opportunities, and I'm considering a lot of the programs," Khan said.
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By Brent Jones | November 2, 2007
Dressed in her U.S. Army fatigues, Trina Smith yesterday visited every booth at a job fair targeting current military members and soon-to-be civilians and offered up a sales pitch two decades in the making. Smith, 49, told recruiter after recruiter that she wasn't a "sit-down type of person" and her 20 years as an Army human resources manager gave her the ideal background for many of the jobs being offered by the 30 companies at the fair. "I've been a soldier for so long, nearly all my life.
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By Nicole Fuller | June 20, 2007
What was Erik Allen, the human resources manager for a chain of discount grocery stores, looking for in prospective employees at a job fair in downtown Baltimore yesterday? "They were dressed right," said Allen, of Stop, Shop and Save, as he sat behind his recruiting table. By 11:25 a.m., he had already received more than 50 applications for a handful of jobs at one of the store's eight locations throughout the city. "That's the key. When I say dressed right, I mean a shirt and tie, women in nice outfits.
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By John Fritze | May 18, 2007
In the latest mysterious episode of this year's mayoral race, Baltimore officials abruptly canceled a city-sponsored job fair scheduled to take place yesterday after mayoral candidate and City Councilman Keiffer J. Mitchell Jr. attempted to distribute a flier promoting the event. Though the flier included no mention of his candidacy - and would have been distributed by his council office, not his campaign - an official in Mayor Sheila Dixon's administration said he believed that Mitchell was attempting to politicize the job fair and decided to postpone the event until next month.
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May 18, 2007
NATIONAL World Bank leader to resign Paul D. Wolfowitz, the embattled president of the World Bank, announced that he would resign effective June 30, bringing an end to weeks of accusations that he arranged a job transfer and salary increases for his girlfriend. pg 1A GOP, Democrats agree on bill Democratic and Republican senators reached an agreement on legislation that could drastically change the nation's immigration laws and give millions of illegal immigrants a chance at citizenship.