Donald
found away to interview people and get paid for it. Have you heard of "The Apprentice”? He has a staff go through millions of resumes, they take the cream of the crop and most of those people are obviously shit employees. After weeks of testing and interviewing they find 1 that gets a job. That’s how tough it is to find 1 good employee.
I have a few part time employees that work for me consistently. Some for years now and age has nothing to do with it as some of the best workers can’t even drink legally and others went to school before there was an Internet.
Everyone over states their capabilities because they naturally believe they can do more then they have done already. That’s human nature.
If you’re poking around in Eastern Europe where I have some topnotch people working for me you need to be careful. The old communist mindset was always take what you can now because hard work doesn’t pay more then less work. Also keep in mind that almost every other country has better education then US workers.
1. Interview carefully. Very carefully and read between the lines with every statement.
2. No references, no job.
3. Get samples of work. Not previous work but the work you want them to do. Give them a test assignment.
4. Set expectations very clearly and reward them for good work. Communicate often in the beginning.
If it were easy to find great employees then none of us would be working as we'd just have our employees doing everything.