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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