It's amazing how the universe works to take care of us. I had a similar thing happen over a decade ago where I was fired from a job because they learned I had been interviewing with other companies. Not more than 30 minutes later in the car on the way home I got a call telling me I had been hired by one of those and they wanted me to start on Monday (this was a Friday).

More recently my wife had become completely fed up with her current job, but had no prospects. Strangely enough a friend of hers called her after 2 days and asked if she was interested in a job where that friend was working. Better pay, better hours, and better working conditions.

Beautiful serendipity.