Just because of this consultants, the fresh graduates are not getting any chance of getting job in this IT field. Any company will hire the experienced ones rather than the freshers. These dhotis are making tougher in IT field. This is why, no matter how many positions you apply for you won't get a job in this IT field. For suggestion, try haunting jobs as much as you can, apply 10-20 jobs a day. If you do this for 2-3 months, you will sure be called by some companies. Don't give up, and don't be lazy to apply for the jobs. If still nothing comes up, then go for the consultants, by the end of the 3rd month. You should be good. But don't take your chance, you have spent may be 4 yrs of your valuable life to study in your own field, don't just quit that major, try hard even harder, and still if unable to find any jobs, then make consultancies as your 2nd option.