During the height of the recession I had to do the same (also US). After a while you can tell that a good number of those positions are just recruiting firm ho

During the height of the recession I had to do the same (also US). After a while you can tell that a good number of those positions are just recruiting firm honeypots; which makes the search both aggravating and depressing (since you feel like there aren't any /real/ jobs out there).