sorry, but if you are offering a $10-12 an hour job, do not expect those applying to act as though they are applying for a $50,000 a year job. Our time is worth something as well and we don't like to have it wasted! 2. I am 46, and I never had failed an interview. However, after this lay-off, I have failed three for the first time in my life. I am a solid interviewee with more than 10 years in sales. I know how to interview! I dress for the part, I study the company beforehand, and everything seems to go smooth. Yet... three failed interviews for jobs of which I was qualified. Whom did they hire? The people who showed up dirty, unshaven, and lackluster at best! And yes, I saw the other candidates. 3. I think anyone dumb enough to open holes up all over their face and paint himself or herself like a billboard should not be taken seriously at all. On this one, you and I are in agreement! 4. Once again...we are in agreement! 5. Your comment of, "We interviewed one person for a $30K job who had been making $70K. Frankly, we're not going to hire someone with that huge of a salary gap. It isn't the problem of employers you have lived beyond your means." If this person was living on the $70K to start with, how can that be contrived to mean he or she had lived beyond their means? It