How to hire an employee?

Is it the things they have done or is it the things they are going to do? I would settle for the latter. In the emerging market skills and knowledge are not always at hand, but there is a lot of hunger out there for knowledge and self-improvement. Sometimes you find them in strange places. I am at times amazed how quickly people learn with little or no normal training. I guess that is all it takes; guts and will power.