To balance this argument, everybody starts off without experience, and I personally know of situations where the employer was unable to find someone with the stated requirements, and subsequently recruited and trained a keen applicant with the right attitude.
When I think how my former employer in PNG (and the several decent Chief Pilots he employed over the years) gave so many people a start and invested time and training in them, I realise how cheap and nasty the current generation has become.
Never discourage an applicant; when the next shortage occurs you may need them.