Back in the saddle again The next step, once you have developed an understanding of what has happened, is to put this knowledge to work immediately. If you were involved in a wide-ranging job search, you already have other opportunities you can pursue. Start contacting those other prospects and continue the process with them, all the while, utilizing your new found knowledge. You need to go in with an open mind and an open heart that interviewers will treat you as you deserve. Stan has started this already.
Recovery means getting back to work.
The biggest and best tool I have used is the Internet. There are plenty of entry points to find and respond to job opportunities. This is especially true of high tech careers. As we move through our careers we must be aware of situations like the one I have described this month, where a job turns out to the antithesis of what had been understood or desired. It is a fact of our economy and just plain probability that we will have a few jobs that fail to sustain us in one or more areas.