major automobile company in the city. >> new vehicle developments is ongoing and that creates the demand in our domain for engineering and design services. >> reporter: that new demand means for john it's a chance to get back into a career he loved before he was laid off. >> i worked for chrysler, general motors, in the last 20 years i was at ford motor. the reason i came here today is because this is one company instead of out of the job fairs there are like 30, 40, 50 companies and i didn't think they were too productive. >> i've only heard of it. >> reporter: william hall is a recent graduate looking for a job in computer simulations. shebarely received two callbacks from potential employees all summer. for him meeting people face to face was a welcome change. it also came with a fair amount of jitters. >> sorry i'm a little nervous. >> reporter: nervous, yes, but then relieved as he moved to