Job Market in TN (Nashville-Cookeville)

I will be a new grad in December, so I have been doing a lot of research as well! It's pretty hard to find a job in the Nashville area since there are many nursing schools around the area (at least from what I've experienced!). Plus a lot of hospitals are probably cutting back on hiring new grads because we are more expensive to orient, etc.
The hospital in Cookeville is open to hiring new grads, but they give first priority to the TTU grads since they do clinicals there and most of them already hold jobs there as well. Hope this helps!