People wait in line to enter the NYCHires Job Fair in New York, December 9, 2009. U.S. job openings and hirings fell in October, government data showed on Tuesday, highlighting the continued distress in the labor market. The labor market, the biggest casualty during the worst U.S. recession in 70 years, has started to inch towards stability, however, skepticism over the strength of the economic recovery that started in the last quarter has seen companies reluctant to hire workers on a wide scale.
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