After two of mary's colleagues were laid off from their jobs for no specific reason, mary started looking for a better job. in the context of maslow's hierarchy of needs, this scenario best illustrates mary's

Safety needs

Explanation:

 According to the question, the given scenario best describe about the Mary's safety needs. The safety needs is basically refers to the personal security and the protection according to the needs in the Maslow's hierarchy.

It is known as one of the physiological factor that is required  for the human survival and it includes financial security, health and the medical security and the personal security.

Therefore, Safety needs is the correct answer.

two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley, i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten; all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however; many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn, whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today; its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.

two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley; i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten, all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however, many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn; whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today, its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.