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Many Recruiters, Few Opportunities at NAACP Diversity Job Fair in Miami.

By Doreen Hemlock, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 16--Whoi-Sang Liscombe lost his job two months ago as a conference manager in Washington, D.C., part of mass layoffs as the nation's capital suffers a tourism slump.

So, the Caribbean-American moved back to his family's home in Miami, and Tuesday searched for work at a diversity job fair at the 94th annual NAACP convention.

But the 27-year-old college graduate, who has credits toward a master's degree, found "lots of competition" at the recruiting event, w

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