The contenders: First runners-up still looking for elusive job offers

"We decided to go with someone else."

If you've ever heard those words, they've likely been used when someone told you that you weren't getting the job.

John Fath, a project manager in financial technology, says he knows that phrase a little too well. "I've been the last man for three jobs in the past year -- three jobs that I really wanted and three jobs where I knew I would do great things," says Fath, 42, who lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, with his wife and two sons. "It's a tough thing to hear, especially when you know you're so close."

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