Being in the Business for over 30 years and having had to hire, fire, sift thru the lies, bogus statements on applications there is a lot more to this than meets the eye.
Usually when hiring you have to offer something.
Usually when looking for someone and having a very high expectation you have to have a well written job description and know the hire, fire laws of the industry.
Hire People with the same Values as you want to see in the company.
Then there is Culture , Today's Gen. and Gen X , the aged out gen.
Profiling is out, and discrimination is complicated.
So You are left with Backgrounds, Records, Past experiences.
Usually Ref. list.
Usually if you make a connection with some one on a neutral setting they will be more apt to talk freely and openly
It is your job to read between the lines of what is said and not said.
I have seen sooooo many unqualified applicants who thought because the owned a computer they were the cats meow.
The Best way is to sit down for multiple interviews, determine the applicants likes, desires, goals, long term, short term , what kind of work the like to do. and what kind the can do. Limitations
Mental, Physical, Emotional, Societal
Usually when you Train up from entry level you have years to weed out, loose by the way side, and get rid of toxic people as they tear a company to shreds.
Live to the code: Standards, Ethics, Company Policys
Then YOU the owner, manager, Supervisor have to set strict standards , Live by them , enforce them no matter how or what the concensis is or cost. as they will tear down , tear apart or cause unneeded hardship on all the rest.
People will be people , But you have to leave all problems behind and keep to the task, goals, rewards of success.
Then Setting standards, you have to set up a reward structure that gives a carrot to achieve.
Good employees don't just show up at the door , they are molded, grown in the company, trained in the company.
You have to Provide incentives to achieve success
Troubleshooters have a certain tenacity about them , not everyone can be one. or think like one.
Put the right person in the right position or it fails every-time.
success is built on backs, and live's of integrity not just labor.
Dont Just fill in the positions with warm bodies