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The crowds started showing up shortl y after8 a.m. for the ’s job Parking was scarce and the linees long as people waited for the doors to open at10 a.m. The big turnou didn’t deter many job seekers but many were skepticakl about their chances to make an impression onan employer. “I’ve only been givingh a five-or-10-second spiel because the recruiters don’t have time for said Monique Gabriel, a former bank loan analysf who arrivedat 8:30 a.m. The reason for the job fair’sz big draw wasn’t hard to figure out. Maryland’e unemployment rate soared to 6.9 percent in March, a 17-yearr high.
And the job fair offered a crack at jobs at some ofthe region’s largest companies and government agencies. The employerds on hand included Defense InformatiobnSystem Agency, the Department of Homeland Social Security Administration, and Francinwe Trout, director of Howard’s Office of Workforces Development, said she expected the large crowdse because the event was well-publicized. She was hoping there woulsd be a good connection between the job seekers and employers. Some left happy or at least optimistic. “ was able to get some good time withthe [Lockheed Martin] recruiter,” said Brian Boyars, a formet employee at DAP, a Baltimore caulk manufacturer.
“That’sw really all I can do.”