So, what is lean hiring you ask? Lean hiring is a process defined by the same core principles as lean manufacturing, the philosophy that revolutionized process management in the 1990’s. “Lean hiring is the systematic approach to recruiting that increases overall productivity by eliminating wasted steps and periods of inactivity, maximizing resources and promoting consistency.”

Translation: Simplify.

Newton is designed to move applicants through each stage of the process in a systematic, orderly, and continuous manner and to eliminate periods of inactivity between each stage. This workflow is native to Newton and doesn’t require weeks of customization to leverage. On the same token, it’s also not designed to allow users to add unnecessary steps to hiring.

Think of Wal-Mart turning itself inside out, offering its industry-leading supply chain and logistics systems to any and all outsiders, even rival retailers.

Or, imagine Amazon renting out everything it uses to run its own business, spare computing capacity on its thousands of servers, data storage on its disk drives, and the millions of lines of software code that coordinates all that (they do this).

When you choose Newton, you get a recruiting platform that’s designed around a proven, fully optimized workflow that promotes collaboration, captures critical data for compliance, and provides game-changing analytics. It’s not just a tool … it’s an infrastructure for recruiting.

Translation: get rid of all the “muda” (Lean lingo for waste) that slows down your hiring process

The easiest way to hire people faster is to eliminate wasted steps in your process and reduce periods of inactivity i.e. waiting. Newton standardizes the process of hiring by removing inefficient activities (i.e., friction) in the hiring process, reducing periods of inactivity (wasted time) and promoting decision making (green is go, red is no).

We’re also looking into ways to incorporate an electroshock device that will “notify” people when they have a task to complete but, we’re not sure if it’s legal.

Optimize your recruiting workflow and HIRE FASTER.

Translation: automate the crap that frustrates the heck out of your recruiters

One of the pillar concepts of lean processes is “autonomation” (from Toyota), or smart automation. Newton is designed to automate repetitive tasks, freeing up recruiters to do what recruiters do best - talk to other humans.

For example, with Newton’s Thank You Letter feature, never before have recruiters been able to improve the candidate experience with so little manual work. For many years, the best practice literature has said that every candidate should get a Thank You Letter, yet probably less than 1% of company recruiters actually send them out.

We’re trying to figure out a way to automate meetings, but that may be a ways off.

Automate iterative tasks and MAXIMIZE YOUR RESOURCES.

Translation: collect the right information all the time so nothing goes down on your watch

In a complex system, consistency is only achieved through discipline and a whole lot of practice. Newton fast-forwards user training because the decision process is as simple as “yes” or “no. Ultimately, consistency drives more than just efficiency or cost reductions, it’s also critical for promoting compliance. No matter what size recruiting program you’re running, recruiting is subject to government regulation and only Newton will help you capture all the essentials automatically.

Newton is like insurance for your recruiting program.

Stay in compliance and improve quality of hires by promoting consistency.

Contact us to find out how Newton can lean your recruiting program.

Translation: Simplify.

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