1.6%... That's beyond full employment... (Score 2, Informative)

Interesting statistic in that I am about to get laid off (BSCS with 15+ years of experience), along with four other programmers (two already gone), two software QA, a manager, and two tech support people. I've already interviewed with one company over a week and a half ago and haven't heard back yet. I heard through an acquaintance that the company's HR was overwhelmed with the number of applicants. It feels kind of like the government's inflation rate statistic; the annual retported number has been real low for the last decade in spite of very noticebale changes at the checkouts.