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Nick, I was in your shoes a year ago.

I had a similar situation with job placement firms - twice- after I fell for their ads.

I've been lucky in the last year to have found a new job and am doing even better than I was before I got laid off after 911.

The best thing to do, trite as it sounds, is to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and move on without looking back.

I don't know what line of work you're in, but a call to any former coworkers, email to family and friends and even a conversation with your pastor, if you have one, are ways to start over. I ended up where I am because I checked in with a friend the day they happened to get some work in... that led to a year of projects and now fulltime work.

It's unfortunate that there are people who prey on others' misfortune, but it's out there. Believe it or not, one day you'll be able to see the lesson in this; I did in my case.

My best message to you would be that you are valuable and you will succeed- no matter what it looks like today- and you must never, ever give up.

Thanks for the advice! I am currently getting ready to leave and go do pretty much exactly what you are saying to do. Only thing I can do. I am also polishing up my resume for another try at a few places in the area.