I was laid off today and this is my two cents on the situation... Today represents the first day of my new work life. I have been making contacts and actually found a couple of things in the education industry. It is going to be tough until the enrollment picks up, but it will not be impossible.
If I could give some advice to those of you that stayed. The first would be to work hard, and make your job count, for real. Be the first to take on new responsibilities, the first one to try new things. The second would be to stay off these Web Sites such is this one, and not get involved with rumors. You made it through this layoff, so good for you (for now). If you stick around these Web Sites it just makes you cynical.
I wish you all the best and good luck on your job hunt, and for those that stayed keep the working hard. Make every day you come to work count, because it can end in a blink of the eye.
Godspeed!