Archipreneur has a great post (Archipreneur: Archipreneur’s Guide to Surviving Layoffs & the Recession) on things to do in today’s market if you are unemployed like me. I think it’s a great read, though I have to add an additional item to it.
Get licensed, make your full time job studying for and taking your exams. Take any prep classes out there, the other students will be intern-architects as well and it’s a great way to meet people and network. You never know, you may get some job leads — like I did today. If you can get through all of your exams in one big burst, statistically you should have passed a bunch of them and you’ll only have a few to retake in 6 months.