when indeed forums was around thats exactly what people claimed in threads, masters, maybe phd(rarely) led to extreme difficulty in the job searchs, and my own job searches were the same results.

they shut down the forums because of potential liablities from said companies on the site of threatening lawsuits, much like what glassdoor did. universities lacking clear communication with students on career development, like lab volunteering work, which is the most important part of the degree for STEM, its mostly treated like High school how many freshman students they can push through the system.

we have cls program in the west, because its lacking in other states, everyone wants to come to cali for said grad certificate, making it extremely competitive.