Pennsylvania Career Link career councilor, Rosemarie Frederick, left, works with a client at who is looking for employment in Harrisburg, Pa., Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. Jobs are vanishing at the fastest pace in more than five years with pink slips likely to keep stacking higher in the months ahead, an urgent signal the country may be careening toward a deep and painful recession just as Americans prepare to elect a new president. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)