flyingwithwins
I was puzzled by your comment about "really good candidates not entering the profession ."
Why should the "poor pay" only repel the good candidates ?
That apart ,who are the good candidates ? Before entering any career, I would bet that 90% think they are above average ( obviously nonsense, but there we are ) and at that point noboby has any idea of their real potential.
I would therefore postulate ( been waiting a long time to use that ! ) that the people put off by "poor pay" will be a representative cross-section of the group who are not and not exclusively "really good candidates".