The hiring standards, in my opinion are fine, what needs to change is the benefits. Better pay, better hours, better insurance, better retirement, and so on as well as a change in perception by the community. That will attract more applicants. Being at least 21 years old, having a pulse and breathing is not a hiring standard. There has to be something to separate a possibly good recruit from the rest of the population. Unfortunately there is not a test for common SENSE (not since), or a test for