sometimes you have to take the crumby jobs until something comes along. just because it isn't there now, doesn't make it the schools fault.
i qualified in mechatronics, it was a boom industry here in 1998, by the time i graduated with merits in 2000 the auto industry here went completely down the pan having a knock on effect onto all engineering firms.
few years of bar work, more uni and crumby shelf stacking jobs, i end up where i am now "for the meantime" and its proving to be a boon in this climate