| Since I started teaching students online a year | | | | to help improve attendance at churches or church |
| ago I've encountered something new: students | | | | events, lower costs, or improve the satisfaction |
| trying to get into Six Sigma for the first time. | | | | of those who attend. My guess is that few |
| This obviously wasn't a problem when I was | | | | churches wouldn't be interested in Six Sigma |
| training clients whose employers were getting | | | | projects to increase collections! |
| them trained specifically to use the approach in | | | | The most important thing to realize is that you |
| their organizations. I write this for those of you | | | | have an extremely useful skill set. Be bold and |
| who are trained in Lean Six Sigma and are in the | | | | confident when you approach your prospective |
| situation that you are not working for an | | | | "client" for a project. Six Sigma has been |
| employer who gives you the chance to practice | | | | proclaimed by management guru Jack Welch as |
| your newly acquired skills. | | | | the most significant management innovation in the |
| However, nearly all of you have a big advantage: | | | | past quarter century. You're learning about an |
| you have a lot of job experience. And much of | | | | approach that few know and nearly everyone |
| your experience is closely related to Six Sigma. | | | | can benefit from. You'll be surprised at how much |
| Many of you have led project teams, quality | | | | fun it can be, and how productive. Finally, this |
| improvement teams, or other work teams. This | | | | stuff really works! You'll soon find that your skills |
| is, of course, a big part of Six Sigma work. Play it | | | | are soon in more and more demand. After all, the |
| up in your resumes! | | | | supply of processes that need to be improved is |
| You can also try finding projects where you can | | | | infinite! |
| enhance your resumes by actually applying what | | | | Final thoughts: |
| you're learning in your training. I've done pro bono | | | | Newly trained Six Sigma Belts without experience |
| work for community hospitals and charities such | | | | face a situation similar to that of newly graduated |
| as Goodwill and Red Cross. Some of my | | | | college students. This site contains some great |
| self-study students are working with their | | | | tips on writing a resume when you have no |
| physicians offices to reduce errors and improve | | | | experience. |
| efficiency. Others are working with church groups | | | | |