When I have time/energy (been a week of traveling!) I'll post more detail. I'm still not 100% sold on SAIS yet, but I thought their open house was very good. I feel a lot of things are personal: for me, the Bologna part is a big draw since I'm interested in European studies and have family there.But I can see why it's not appealing to many people. I didn't see any particular weakness.
From people I've talked to, I think career services will help you if you make the effort, but they're not going to hold your hand either or can perform any miracles. I think that's the case with all these programs.