ALBANY, N.Y. – Potentially, hundreds of state workers facing pink slips.

"That's going to increase the candidate pool significantly if that happens," said Alison Rosenblum, the owner of Strategic Resources.

A pool where a lot of other laid off workers are already swimming.

"The number of candidates has probably more than doubled," said Miriam Dushane, branch manager at Linium Staffing.

In just the last four to six months.

“It is literally across the board from $10 an hour professionals to $100,000 professionals," said Dushane.

So with the numbers against them, state workers are on already high alert.

"Even this morning, I started receiving a couple of resumes, a couple phone calls, people who have posted their fears on Facebook. There are a lot of different types of questions that come from those candidates," said Rosenblum. "The biggest question is how long. How long is it going to take me to find something new?"

That question, unfortunately, she can't answer, but she says even if you think your job is stable, help your chances by updating that resume.

"As a reminder to you of what your accomplishments have been," said Rosenblum.

"You should be documenting all that information so you're not trying to rack your brain at the last minute," said Dushane.

"How are those skills, maybe supervisory skills, transferable into another area?" said Rosenblum. "And not tying themselves just to one industry."

Or just to full time work.

"Temporary work is still out there," said Dushane. "If you are looking for a position, to continue to be employed as best that you can is a good option."

After all, the pool is about to even get more crowded in just a matter of months.

"There will be this influx of recent grads who are entering the market, too," said Rosenblum.

Headhunters say do what you can to make sure you stay afloat.