1. Have a spotless resume and well structured cover letter. No spelling mistakes, errors or incorrect names.(Resume should be professionally typed up. $60 for a professional resume is worth it)

2. Diverse extra-curricular activities: sports, uni clubs etc. (Should people include drinking, night clubs, partying on their resume? They are extra-curricular activities that are fun and interesting. I do not want to lie and say I was captain of some university sports team, did volunteer work on a regular basis, university magazine editor and President of university guild just to bolster my profile.)

3. Have an idea of the current economic climate and how this affects the industry you are applying for. (Thinking about negative things makes you feel worse about yourself)

4. Be articulate and enthusiastic in the interview. (If I land an interview, I do not want to come across as desperate for the job that I probably do not want any way. I dress too casually for job interviews.)

All suggestions or ideas will be welcome.

If you have little or no work experience in a professional field unless its medicine, teaching or nursing.
You are basically screwed in regards to securing jobs unless you have contacts in high places or have very high grade averages that may help you secure job positions.
Thousands of Graduates are churned out every year. Universities/colleges are in a way "graduate factories" for big business world.

I'm going do a masters and then a PhD because the industry I will go into has pretty much collapsed and wont recover for a fair few years.

There is 0% chance of me getting a job if I choose to look for one after uni, education is all I have right now as an option.

I have plenty of experience though, but compared to someone with 30 years in the field? Fuggedaboutit

Don't be picky in a bad economy.