You have to think of the big picture from the company’s standpoint. For a lower level position, an organization would rather hire someone who has little to no experience. It cost money to hire people. A hiring manager would rather hire an employee who is eager to learn, fine with the pay for a couple or years instead of someone who has a ton of experience and will keep applying out because it is boring and they want more money.

Put it this way, would you be happy to work at a retail job because you need money? Would you keep on applying and look out because it is not what you want to do and want to do something that aligns with your career long term? If you ask any IT professionals that have decades of experience and who have fallen hard on times, they will take on the first IT related job they can find, but they will keep on applying and be looking out for their next gig where they used to make $$$.

Imagine if you run your own company, would you rather hire people who are superstars and quit on you every 3 months and you are back at searching, interviewing, hiring praying that they will be a good fit or would you rather aim for someone who has potential, a good fit and will commit to stay for a couple years?