Thank you very much for your response.
The decision by the hearing officer, word for word:
Since the Pltf failed to provide any documentation regarding her employment separation, unemployment benefits, ongoing employment searches and verification that she is attempting to mitigate her loss of income, the pltf was assessed and held to an income based on her prior salary.
Unfortunately, the hearing was scheduled two days prior to my unemployment hearing. I realized later that I probably should have continued the hearing, but I guess hindsight is 20/20.
I took very careful notes of the questions and documents that the hearing officer seemed to want (because during the hearing, I determined that I would go for a hearing de novo).
So this time, I made a copy of my unemployment decision, which I won under section 402(e) (whether termination was due to employee conduct, which mine was determined that I had nothing to do with my termination). I also photocopied how much I would be receiving per week from unemployment, a printout of all the emails I have sent to prospective employers for a job search, and the date and time of all interviews that I've had since being unemployed.
By the way, part of the reason that I have had such a hard time finding a job is because the job that I am in is very specialized. I am an expert at a certain piece of software.