How can Six Sigma Methodology help in Hiring Process?
Six Sigma is used by top 10% of the business leaders in all fields. It is the way of the future and companies in all service sectors are increasingly adopting its standards. It is noteworthy that companies deploying Six Sigma earn extra point when evaluated for ISO certification. Six Sigma is a comprehensive and flexible data driven approach for achieving, sustaining and maximizing organization’s success. Six Sigma is uniquely driven by close understanding of stakeholders’ needs, disciplined use of facts, data, and statistical analysis, and diligent attention to managing, improving, and reinventing business processes.
The goal is to produce systems and processes that are as close to perfection as possible. People are the most important assets of a business. It is people that can make or break a business. For this reason, it is very important that every individual brought in or every new hire synchronizes with the team, culture and is adept in his/her respective field.
A single mis-hire can cost a business more than half a million dollars, in terms of hiring costs, paid salaries, severance, lost business etc. etc. (Workforce, Jan 2008). Human resource department is not different than any other department in the organization, just that in this case the focus is mostly shifted to the internal customers. These can be hiring departments, the hiring managers and the team. Thus, utilizing six sigma in hiring process can help achieve the following:
- Minimize hiring cost
- Minimize the probability of a hiring error.
- Help select the most appropriate candidate
- Make sure all the regulations are complied with during the hiring
