@carolinamom2boys As I said in the OP, there are graduates who claimed they applied all over the country to no avail. I read this from multiple graduates.
One hospital got 2-3 thousand applications for just one position.
My city alone must shell out 50-100 graduates a year. I can assure you there is nowhere close to that many openings per year. They’re all forced to search out of the area to find work.
One school in South Dakota shells out 50 graduates a year. There isn’t 50 NM offices for them to work at in that entire state. I’m sure that the vast majority if not all of them will have to search out of the area to find work.
Unwilling to relocate is NOT the issue. The issue is that there are far too many graduates for what the market can bear.