This sounds like an excellent idea if you’re unemployed.

Tomorrow, April 13 from 9AM until 3PM, there’s a Brooklyn Job Fair at Long Island University’s Arnold and Marie Schwartz Athletic Center at 1 University Plaza in Downtown Brooklyn. The event is free and open to the public. Nearly 80 employers will be on hand to offer hundreds of available jobs

If you need help prior to or after the job fair on April 13, stop in at the one-stop career centers at 9 Bond Street and 625 Fulton Street in Brooklyn, where they have employment counselors standing by, waiting to help you prepare for this job fair and for other opportunities in the future. Take advantage of our services—they are free and you can come as often as you like.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Brooklyn had the second highest employment increase among the nation’s largest counties between June 2009 and June 2010, but the jobless rate in Kings County remains well above the national and state average with more then 10 percent of Brooklynites—and in some neighborhoods, even higher numbers—out of work. Citywide, the unemployment rate held steady at 8.9 percent in February.

The Brooklyn Job Fair is presented by BP Markowitz in partnership with Citi, ResCare, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, the New York State Department of Labor, and Workforce1 with the New York City Department of Small Business Services.

For more information on the Brooklyn Job Fair and a complete list of participating employers, visit www.brooklyn-usa.org/jobs.