People also treat it like a job. "I'm unemployed, so I'll send resumes to 100 companies and hope to get a job at one of them."
The priesthood is not a job. The position on the Crisis isn't a non-issue like what goods/services are offered by the company that eventually hires you.
You know how they advise job seekers to learn about the company you're applying to first, so you seem more interested in that company in particular, so you don't come across as apathetic, merely looking for "a job, any job"? That's good advice for a job seeker. That is REQUIRED I believe for a seminary candidate. That's my point.
"I just want a paycheck, I don't care who it's from" is NOT how one should treat seminary formation, or even the other Sacraments. You should go somewhere based on your attachment, interest, beliefs, and loyalty to that particular position. They shouldn't all be treated as "one is as good as another". Even if they are all valid for the PUBLIC AT LARGE, that doesn't mean *YOU* shouldn't have an opinion on the matter. You're supposed to CARE, right?
What do you think about someone who shops around for a religion, but doesn't care which one? Well it's almost as bad to do this with Trad groups. Don't you actually care about the Faith? Haven't you looked into the issues *at all*, so as to form a preference or opinion about how to best deal with the Crisis? Going with a 2nd or 3rd choice, due to geographic availability, is a different matter. At least you ranked them first, based on your fervent concern for the Church and the Faith.
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Compare it to looking for a spouse. Imagine being so business-like and transactional about finding a spouse. Imagine sending out 500 letters to various single women (in a database of some sort), telling them, "I'm a healthy single male of marriageable age. I am looking for a lifelong spouse with whom I can father numerous children. Until death do us part. Are you interested?"
Um...how about SOME kind of personal touch, at least pretend to be interested in the girl you're talking to in particular (rather than just her single status, her ability to bear children, etc?)
My conclusion: a vocation is MORE like finding a spouse, and LESS like finding a roofer to replace your roof.