The document discusses using Kanban to improve the recruiting process by identifying bottlenecks. It provides some key hiring statistics from Q1/2012, including the number of resumes received, phone screens conducted, interviews held, and hires made. It then maps out the current value stream for hiring, showing the steps involved and average time spent on each. This reveals that the process cycle efficiency is only 4.5% due to delays between steps. The document suggests that eliminating these delays and getting better at each step can help address the bottleneck and improve hiring. Kanban principles like first-in-first-out processing are proposed to fix issues and enhance the recruiting system.

1. 16 May 2012
Lean Recruiting:
Making sense out of your
candidates queue with Kanban
Itamar Goldminz –
Sr. Manager, Product Management Operations
@gitamar

2. Why are YOU talking about this?
»I’m not a recruiter
»We’re not a talent management company
»But that’s exactly why we care:
• More than 1 TWh saved
• More than half the amount of electricity generated
from the entire solar power industry in the US in 2011
• We’ll hit the 2 TWh mark in less than 9 months
Getting quality talent fast enough is the #1
challenge to meeting that goal
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3. Some Q1/12 Numbers
»5250 Resumes
»964 Phone Screens
»383 Phone Interviews
»217 Interviews
»39 Hires
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4. Value Stream Mapping
Hiring
Resume Screen Phone
Manager
Submitted 3 days Resume 2 days Screen 2 days
Review
30 min 5 min 30 min 10 min
Phone Home Interview
Debrief
Interview 4 days work 7 days Day 1 day
1 hr 3 hr 5 hr 30 min
PCE = ATW/TCT = 10.75 hr / 238.75 hr = 4.5%
Eliminating
delays Getting better
between what >> at what you do
you do
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5. Where’s the bottleneck?
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6. What should I do next?
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7. Kanban identifies bottlenecks and
informs next steps
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8. FIFO
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9. Recruiting is broken
Kanban can help fix it
@gitamar
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