A job seeker fills out a registration form as he waits to enter the HIREvent job fair at the Hotel Whitcomb on March 27 in San Francisco. Employers at the event were hoping to fill over 400 entry level and management job openings.

The jobless rate has dropped to 8.3 percent from 9.1 percent since last summer, a move Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has said is "somewhat out of sync" with the rather modest pace of economic growth.

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