Comment The sad reality (Score 1) 540
I went through the same thing in my own field of study from college... I got my degree just a couple months after the optics market crashed, everybody wanted experience.
All these people have good ideas, and maybe they're more practical in programming, but the fact of the matter is that in a bad economy there really are a lot of experienced people out of work and willing to take what would normally be entry level jobs, and you're competing against them.
Graduate school is an option, waiting is an option, trying a different field is an option. I waited for years for the optics market to turn around and ended up in a career I love that had absolutely nothing to do with what I went to college for. Best of luck in whatever path you choose.