Industry layoffs, what are people doing? (Cleveland)

Three companies in Cleveland cut staff in the same month. I have read a lot of threads here and could not find my exact situation. I have transferable skills but no direct experience elsewhere. Who has switched fields?

Keep everything in writing and save the confirmation numbers. It made the follow-up calls so much easier.

I moved into operations work. The skills carried over and there were more openings than in my old field.