It should be illegal for a company to list an entry level job as requiring 3–5 years experience.

the very definition of an entry level job is no experience needed

Graduates and school leavers already have an extremely hard time finding work in todays economy, most of which are forced to do jobs that had nothing to do with their fields because companies are too lazy to train and too cheap to offer training, they always want some other company to train them. Also if you require 3–5 years experience then the salary of those jobs should be considerably higher and NOT the basic entry level salary, they just want more for less. So long as your qualifications meet the required job they should be considered.

I love this joke, it was made by my friend:

WANTED — Cashier. Must have 30 years cashier experience, 10 years military experience, 5 years machine coding experience.

How BS this is right now, I am trying to change careers and chose electrical. Well, I did the schooling for first year, got the licenses and OSHA card.

I figured cool ready to go!

Nope. Almost every single one wanted at LEAST 2 to 3 years' experience for and APPRENTICE Entry level position. And the ones that didn't were too far away or had a bad rep.

Like no, you want an already trained helper who is almost a journeyman, so you don't have to train or school them and spend any money on them.

So, I looked for months, gave up for now and am working a second job at UPS and trying to get a driver position and fix my financial situation and hope it gets better in a few years.