No! You've got that wrong. Most airlines wish to recruit experienced FO's and Captains NOT cadets. Training/TR'ng cadets take time and money.
Take the Monarch scenario, the captains have been/are in the process of being recruited first, then senior FO's, then FO's.
The pilot job market was just looking better until the Monarch fiasco occurred so an even slimmer chance for airlines to think about recruiting cadets