Job seekers line up to enter the job fair at the Marriott Marquis hotel in Manhattan, New York, the United States, on March 5, 2009. The job website Monster.com started its series of job fairs "Keep America Working Tour 2009" in New York on Thursday with more than 3,700 job hunters converging in search of employment. The unemployment rate of New York city has soared to 7.4 percent according to statistics due to the financial turmoil. [Xinhua]

Job seekers talk with the representative of companies on the job fair at the Marriott Marquis hotel in Manhattan, New York, the United States, on March 5, 2009. [Xinhua]