Best of luck to You and Yours: it's tough all over.
I spent 3 months diligently job hunting and finally landed a position that I'm happy with. But I do feel your plight and know how difficult the economy is on everyone right now: the hardest possible job is actually looking for one.

My advice to ANYONE looking for work is to use those online search engines for employment; (monster.com, hotjobs.com, (your city's name)hasbetterjobs.com, etc. BUT: be sure to create a separate email acct. specifically for those sites. I've stopped my search for well over half a year now and they still send updates despite the fact that I've deleted my acct. and asked them several times to stop sending alerts my way.