I remember the last two career fairs at my engineering school in late 2002 / early 2003. There were crickets chirping. Five airlines had booked booths, but on

I remember the last two career fairs at my engineering school in late 2002 / early 2003. There were crickets chirping. Five airlines had booked booths, but only one sent a representative to say "we're not hiring.' The other four were left empty. Tech companies were about as sparse, but most at least sent a rep. The only ones doing any real hiring were FedEx (but not for technical positions - package handling only!) and a GeoEngineering firm that was looking for GIS grads. Talk about depressing.