In 2008 I graduated from college and moved to New York City right away. I immediately got a job at a very early stage startup. The economic climate took a turn

In 2008 I graduated from college and moved to New York City right away. I immediately got a job at a very early stage startup. The economic climate took a turn for the worse, and after a month the startup lost their main investment and had to cease operations. I was unemployed for about 5 days before I landed another, much better job. This was largely through checking Dice and applying to jobs that looked interesting (though I doubt Dice is a very good place to look for a job nowadays). Later on around 2012 (still in New York City) I was working at a fairly large, profitable startup that underwent layoffs. I was able to leverage my network to get another, much better job, within 2 weeks. Both times I was laid off it was a blessing in disguise. I was able to get much more interesting positions with better compensation and more responsibility.