There is life outside of VZW. I would encourage those who are struggling to find jobs to first make sure you are prepared for the job interviews you are getting. If you were strong in your role at VZW and are presenting those results in your interviews in the right way, then you should be receiving offers for jobs.
To the ones on here who suggest going back to VZW after the 6 months waiting period, that scares me. For one, do you actually think you were laid off by random? We all were selected for a reason and smart people know what that reason was. Anyone who would remotely consider going back to VZW obviously has no clue why they were layed off.