Hiring good employees is a goal for organizations around the world. We’ll look at applications of Lean and Six Sigma for improving the hiring process and finish with a video of what an internal corporate recruiter says in the interview process and what it really means.
Lean Six Sigma in the Hiring Process
In a presentation titled “Lean Six Sigma Tools In The Hiring Process” author Pradeep Sahay discusses how Lean Six Sigma tools can create a best in class recruiting function that will yield positive business results.
The presentation includes:
- Talent Acquisition Strategy
- Talent Acquisition Process Map
- Type of Waste per Steps of Recruitment Process Flow
- SIPOC
- Paired Comparison Analysis
- Pareto Chart of Characteristics
- Sample Candidate Evaluation Summary
- Business Impact of Talent Acquisition
Copy and paste the following link into your browser to access the presentation.
Refining Hiring Practices with Lean Methodology
In a paper titled “Utilization of Lean Methodology to Refine Hiring Practices in a Clinical Research Center Setting” authors Marcus R. Johnson, A. Jasmine Bullard, and R. Lawrence Whitley discuss a project to determine the effectiveness of utilizing Lean methodology to identify and eliminate non-value
added steps in their center’s hiring process.
The paper includes:
- Completed A3 Tool
- Average Duration and Staff Time Spent per Interview Cycle
- Staff Satisfaction Dashboard
You can read the paper here.
Streamlining the Hiring Process with Lean
In an article titled “Lean in Human Resources: Streamlining the Hiring Process” author Mitch Millstein
discusses how Lean dramatically improved the responsiveness of the Hospital Human Resource department in hiring Nurses.
The article includes:
- Performance Score Card
- Performance Action Item List
- 5S Before Picture of an HR Specialist’s Desk
- 5S After Picture of HR Specialist’s Desk
- File Color Standardization
- Current State Process Flow Mapping
- Non-Value Added Steps
- Lessons Learned
You can read the article here.
What the Internal Corporate Recruiter Says and What It Means
See what an internal corporate recruiter really means in the interview process in this video from A Life After Layoff.
You can watch the video here.
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