Organization Charts Reveal Much About Structure & Talent

 

Do you know who the players are at the organizations you track or compete against?

If you do, the power and competitive edge it gives you is priceless!

As with the middle and end of 2011, the beginning of 2012 is shaping up
 to be the year where talent management and talent acquisition teams will 
be collaborating even more than in years past.

This newfound trend has surfaced over the last 12 months with many of
 my clients. Although I have always thought this to be a perfect match, 
companies have just started realizing how well it really works.

So you ask, "What's really happening here?"   What's happening is these 
two teams are pulling together to create a master plan that includes a
long-term recruiting strategy.   Together they are finding that creating 
organization charts of potential recruits from companies they repeatedly
 recruit from is cost-effective and useful to both teams.  That's right -
ROI for both teams.

How do both teams get ROI from organization charts?  Well, the old
saying you have to spend money to make money rings true on this one. 

The up-front costs are minimal when you consider the fact that you are
 reducing your cost per hire over time and the easy evaluating of 
external talent at the same time.

The fact is organization charts reveal much  about structure and
 talent.

Structure: Organization charts show how the company may organize itself
 by business functions: finance, marketing, operations, sales, research &
development etc. Others may organize themselves by product lines, brands, 
services, or a combination of both etc. But you don't know any of this 
until you actually see and have access to it.

Talent: Once organization charts are complete the next step is to 
develop biographies of the key players and others of interest for use 
today, tomorrow or next month. To make it even more powerful you can add
 salaries to this information.

This information can be used for recruiting, benchmarking, talent
 management and some professionals have been known to use it to draw 
inferences about a firm's culture. (See where I am going with the ROI 
here?)

Spending money on this type of service should be a "no brainer" and it
 has quickly become one for the talent acquisition and talent management
professionals at many Fortune 1000 Companies, Top 5 Leaders in many
industries and small emerging companies who have key players recruited
 from the companies who make this a practice.

If you have any questions about my experience in this area or you are 
interested in seeing what we have done with regards to organization 
charts and projects that include bios, salary surveys and more, please 
feel free to contact me.

Thanks again for stopping by....

Organization Charts Reveal Much About Structure & Talent. Wouldn't you agree?

Sheila Greco

sgreco@sheilagreco.com