Why is there a sudden rise in craze for PM job

Recently my company posted an opening for a PM job (5+yoe) on LinkedIn and i got final year engineering students from Tier 1/2/3 institutions in my DM asking for a referral for the job. I was like wtf at least first get 2-3 year of any corporate experience and then think about moving to PM role. Why are freshers preparing for PM job out of a sudden