By Ruth Fuller and Ted Gregory | A pair of job fairs drew sizable crowds in the Chicago area on Tuesday, underscoring an economic climate that’s prompting hundreds of teens and adults to hustle and apply for whatever work might be available to them.

More than 1,000 people attended a student job fair at North Central College’s Merner Field House in Naperville. And in Gurnee, about 200 people showed up in the afternoon and more were expected in the evening to seek the 1,000 positions Six Flags Great America has left to fill before its season begins April 24.

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