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Jim Baran on Recruiting Lean Talent and the State of the Lean Jobs Market *
FromLean Blog Interviews - Healthcare, Manufacturing, Business, and Leadership
Jim Baran on Recruiting Lean Talent and the State of the Lean Jobs Market *
FromLean Blog Interviews - Healthcare, Manufacturing, Business, and Leadership
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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Jan 14, 2007
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/16
Remastered July 2021
LeanBlog Podcast #16 is the first part of two with Jim Baran, the Owner of Value Stream Leadership, a leading recruiting firm that specializes in Lean talent. I've known Jim for a few years now and he's helped me and some colleagues in the past, he's a great recruiter who really takes some interest in you. If you're looking to make a career change or if you're looking for lean talent, I can personally recommend him. In our discussion, we talk about the state of the job market for folks with lean experience and what helps a lean candidate stand out in the marketplace.
Show Notes and Approximate Time, Episode #16
1:30 About Jim, his background with lean, about his firm
2:50 What does it mean, “retained search firm”?
4:40 Jim's firm defines lean as “Toyota Way leadership” — Toyota Production System AND the Toyota Product Development System
5:00 How is the job market for lean talent, generally speaking?
6:30 People “used to hire forktruck operators out of Toyota” because they thought they knew the secret sauce
7:40 Jim Womack's email about the end of “the lean tool age”
8:00 How do you consider someone's individual or local lean accomplishments versus a good candidate having been in a prototypical lean company?
9:30 What are Jim's 5 profiles for excellent lean candidates?
10:30 Been in the Toyota Product Development System market very heavily lately, the talent with experience there has been slim
12:30 The market for lean in services areas
16:00 What about recruitment for executive level positions?
21:45 Harder to find people who can use lean to drive growth or revenue rather than only reducing costs/waste
Remastered July 2021
LeanBlog Podcast #16 is the first part of two with Jim Baran, the Owner of Value Stream Leadership, a leading recruiting firm that specializes in Lean talent. I've known Jim for a few years now and he's helped me and some colleagues in the past, he's a great recruiter who really takes some interest in you. If you're looking to make a career change or if you're looking for lean talent, I can personally recommend him. In our discussion, we talk about the state of the job market for folks with lean experience and what helps a lean candidate stand out in the marketplace.
Show Notes and Approximate Time, Episode #16
1:30 About Jim, his background with lean, about his firm
2:50 What does it mean, “retained search firm”?
4:40 Jim's firm defines lean as “Toyota Way leadership” — Toyota Production System AND the Toyota Product Development System
5:00 How is the job market for lean talent, generally speaking?
6:30 People “used to hire forktruck operators out of Toyota” because they thought they knew the secret sauce
7:40 Jim Womack's email about the end of “the lean tool age”
8:00 How do you consider someone's individual or local lean accomplishments versus a good candidate having been in a prototypical lean company?
9:30 What are Jim's 5 profiles for excellent lean candidates?
10:30 Been in the Toyota Product Development System market very heavily lately, the talent with experience there has been slim
12:30 The market for lean in services areas
16:00 What about recruitment for executive level positions?
21:45 Harder to find people who can use lean to drive growth or revenue rather than only reducing costs/waste
Released:
Jan 14, 2007
Format:
Podcast episode
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