Graduation done! Success here I come !

Week one after graduation ... Amazingly optimistic about what great opportunities awaiting me as I applied for job after job eagerly anticipating the moment that I could unleash myself on the unsuspecting employer with my wits and college smarts !! Yeah! word was out about the downturn of the economy and a small number of layoffs here and there but "NO WORRIES" I have a degree! Clearly layoffs and troubles lay in wait for those who didn't happen to make it to my graduation due to one misfortune or another. But I was the lucky one ... I have everything mapped out I'd work for a year or so gain some experience and then off to grad school to finish the "long term" career goals right....?!!? WRONG ..