Laid Off geting Unemployment

    What a bad time to belaid off, I am sorry.  Try to relax if you can.  You have that option of unemployment.  Unfortunately, it is becoming a normal thing to be laid off.  You are not alone and this world is adjusting to it.  Do not feel hopeless.        If you were laid off, of course you are going to feel bad and there is not much I can say to make you feel better at the moment.  First of all, take no pause in applying for unemployment, you deserve it. That is why it is there.  Second, take a couple weeks and try to relax, enjoy yourself.  You have sometime before you have to worry about another job.  Just do not let yourself get to comfortable.        The possibility of you getting a job that will pay the same you were making is not very likely.  Take the time you have off and try to think off a plan.  There are some jobs out there.  As bad as the news sounds, you will not be completely hopeless.  You will have to lower your standards and start over.  It would be smart to start applying right away.  Try to find an opening that suites you and be persistent with it.  Keep calling.  Chances are there are a lot of people applying.   Make your self noticed, be a pest.        Do not leave it up to them to pick, help them make the right pick.  If you have a hundred people applying, I guarantee you only 5 % of them are being pushy.  When most of us apply for a position and know the competition level.  We tend to go in with somewhat a negative  hit or miss attitude.  Go in there and swing away.  Relax and start looking.  In the mean time, enjoy the advantage of unemployment.  Lots of countries do not have this advantage.