Hmmm, bit a story I have.
After many many attempts to land a job in the Portland (Oregon) area, on Sept 20th '13, I finally threw in the towel.
I received my latest "not enough experience" e-mail from Daimler of Portland, and best I gathered somebody just didn't want me to work there. It seemed like in Portland most engineers have 10 years experience, the wife, the kids, the dog, and the house. They had absolutely no reason to move, and they would fight tooth and nail to get a starting-wage permanent position. Not to mention by that time I finished college well-over a year ago, and I had run out of options.
I saw it coming, I had a feeling