@pa1ge
it’s always a hot take in the SEO community but good SEO is derived from systems not always from “knowledge”
ryan stewart is my favorite for this
@pa1ge
I would break it down into attributes and look out for people who specialise. Who's great at understanding algorithms, who's great with search console, who loves auditing sites, qho's great with screaming frog, who are the analytics experts, who's good with keywords and so on...