OK...here's my advice to the currently unemployed:
Keep the faith, stay positive, and keep your networks and options open.
Keep your resume` (or c.v.) updated and email it to people who may be "in the know" and send it to different employers.
Worse comes to worse, there are a lot of jobs where you can bust your ass for about $10 an hour without benefits and end up struggling at the end up every month despite working double shifts.
I hope none of you found this "no shit, sherlock" or condescending to a group of college-educated (and beyond) people who consider themselves hardworking and nonidiotic. The minion als463 wanted me to post advice that all of you know already.