Throngs of unemployed New Yorkers braved sub-freezing temperatures on Tuesday in hopes of finding new work amid rising job cuts.
Wrapping around block of the Sheraton New York Hotel for hours, more than 5,000 people - many in business attire - waited in single-file lines for a chance to submit resumes and chat briefly with recruiters. There were 41 companies hiring, according to Women for Hire, who sponsored the job fair and allowed men to attend for the first time, with a total of 1,000 openings to be filled. At the last such event in November just 1,500 people attended.
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