Prospects seem good in the Southeast. Our college senior had multiple opportunities he was interested in and accepted an offer with a municipality making a respectable wage that will pay his rent/bills with benefits a month before graduation. We could not ask for more.
His friends from college and high school are having similar positive experiences in a range of careers.
I am proud of this group of young adults who faced the unknown of Covid around Spring break of freshman year and suffered through a year of virtual/hybrid/pre-recorded college. They need some great first jobs to make up for that.