Photo: Chinese job fair

Posted By Blake Hounshell Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 6:00 PM Share

Think it's tough finding employment in the United States?

Try a Chinese job fair:

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Job seekers visit the first large-scale job fair held at the China International Exhibition Center after the Olympics Games on September 21, 2008, in Beijing.

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MICHAELKENNARD

9:51 AM ET

September 26, 2008

As a professional who

As a professional who provides career counseling services for veterans and others with disabilities, I regularly attend all job fairs in my area (Phoenix). Crowds like this = the norm. A job fair is held here in PHX every six months at the Jobing.com Arena - home of the Cardinals, and this is precisely what it looks like. Hard truth is that, out here in Phoenix, a job fair packs Cardinal Stadium better than the football team.

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