While I agree about the spam part, I'll have to disagree about the availability of jobs.

I was unemployed from August 2001 to September 2002. I applied for just about every job I was even remotely qualified for. I did not apply to flip burgers, as that would have garnered me less money than I was getting from unemployment. During that time, I was required by the state employment agency to apply for at least two jobs a week. I usually applied to many more, although there were some weeks when I could find very few, and occasionally no, new job listings. Of all of those applications, I received approximately five callbacks. One of those got me two very-short-term (a few days) contracts. Another got me where I'm working now on a six-month contract, which will likely be renewed, but only after them hedging about the job itself (not me, that is) for about six months (I'm not kidding).

I have three friends who were or are unemployed and they all have the exact same experiences I do. Every professional I ever talked to at the unemployment office said the same things.

The employment market really sucks right now.