While I agree that the who you know is a major part, it's not everything.
It's one of those things you just have to accept that you have to take some shit jobs right out of college.
Did you really think you were going to land your dream job day one? Hell, I graduated with a degree in computer science and a minor math and guess what job I was lucky enough to find after graduation: Geek Squad at Best Buy.
My wife graduated with degrees in computer science, math, and English. You know what job she was able to find straight out of college? Retail at The Gap. After that she suffered through a temp agency for a while to get things at least somewhat related to her field (she originally planned to be a technical writer, now she's a project manager) and now, 3 years later, she's finally has the experience to start getting the good jobs.
You just have to grit your teeth and work at it. You'll have 2-3 years of shit but you'll eventually get that base experience so you can get good jobs.
Or you could just go for your masters. You still have to go through shit jobs but you can at least get better shit jobs.
