Two things that I have always thought are important are volunteering and contributing.

Coming directly out of school, not many people have vast amounts of experience. To help get around this, you can volunteer for various organizations. Maybe it is as simple as cleaning-up an organizations wiki pages or helping people on mailing lists. It is something you can add to your CV which shows a commitment to hard work, interest in the field and willingness to seek out and learn about new technologies.

Another option is to start a small site yourself. Sites like http://scrunchup.com are created out of a passion for the field rather than a quick commercial gain. Having a small site like this both shows that you are committed to the field, always interested in learning new things, willing to take some risks, but also that you are volunteering your time, albeit for your own project.

If I knew that within the year I would need to be out in the real-world sending my CV to places, then I’d be sure that it had a few more points under the heading “experience” and what better way to learn and gain experience from either doing it yourself or going where the experts are and learning from them.