Denver's Job Fair

Denver's airport held a job fair to plug its huge labor shortage. An exec said he'd hoped 5,000 people would come — but only 100 showed up.

Concessions International, which participated in the job fair at the Denver airport over the weekend, wanted to hire at least 38 workers, but only two people applied, a local ABC affiliate reported. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Only about 100 people turned up to a job fair on Saturday aimed at plugging Denver International Airport's huge labor shortage, Denver's ABC affiliate reported.

Dennis Deslongchamp, the president of the Denver Concessionaires Association, told KMGH that organizers had hoped for about 5,000 people at the fair, which he called a "very lofty goal."

Organizers had wanted to fill about 1,000 jobs at the airport, but only about 100 people came to the four-hour fair, Deslongchamp told the outlet.

Derik Mortenson, the director of operations at Concessions International, said the organizers "were expecting the masses to come knocking on our door."  READ MORE...