Look for opportunities to explore yourself, and grab every opportunity that knocks on your door, you never know what great things life has in store for you.
In my opinion, you can never blame companies for paying you very less, entry-level jobs in our country pay less, but I believe if you can have a good CV and you are good at soft and hardcore skills, you can bag good packages as a fresher.
The Graduate Program further introduced differing areas of the Department and public service functions where I was able to learn and develop in a supportive environment.