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Career fair success lies in effective preparation, and communication. Make sure to research the employers you want to visit: learn about them, their current market challenges, and what type of candidates they're looking for. 

Make sure to grab all the business cards you can to personalize future communications with each company. 

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As the recession drags on and layoffs surge, men now outnumber women on the unemployment lines, according to the latest numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  The national unemployment rate among males is 8.1 percent; for women, 6.7 percent. Males account for over 80 percent of job losses since the recession began.

Laid off two months ago from a phone-service company, Sarah Lambert has been in full job-search mode while collecting unemployment. But with the number of jobs continuing to shrink, meeting the Washington requirement of three job contacts a week has been a struggle.

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One doesn’t normally think of the medical field as an easy place to get a job. But with just a few months of Emergency Medical Technician training, the prospects for being employed by an ambulance company are good.

“Health is an area in which the economy is not really affecting the prospects,” said Christine Alvarez, director of the EMT/Paramedic training program at LaGuardia Community College. “And there’s always a demand for ambulances.”

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