28 here. I see the majority of those interns and part-timers as the ones out there at OWS movements (not trying to PARF this up, just an observation). They want to get by with everything handed to them. The hard-working earners are out there, you just have to find them.
I have an entry-level position I just filled - the guy wanted only 38.5k/yr, but because he had excellent skills in the form we needed, I brought him up to 40k.
Entry level.
I remember when
entry level was a hair over minimum wage.
To the point of hiring, last week we had an educational course for all of the managers & exec level for something called
Impact Hiring. The presenter was Brad Remillard. It was leaps and bounds above any prior hiring training I had. I suggest checking it out:
Brad Remillard - brad (at) impacthiringsolutions [dot] com