With the launch of the new org chart builder on Forbes (http://orgchart.forbes.com/) it confirmed my practices of what I’ve been doing for years. Building org charts of the resumes I’ve sourced from competitors of my clients.

In a nutshell, normally recruiters go out grab a resume, add it to their ATS and call it good, sometimes they add the info to their CRM and do the general follow ups or now they just invite them to be connected via LinkedIN or Xing, 60secondNetworking, etc.

Why not org chart them?

I’m not saying to org everyone, but if you’re working for a client and you’re working within a specific niche industry or selective competitors why not datamine the web, jobs boards, social networking sites, references, forums and plug them into your masterminded web? It would not only help you cross reference departments but allow you to do deep cold calling and researching within orgs.

There are many large recruiting teams in organizations which already build maps of their competitors, so why not start your own today?

Check out www.cogmap.com/ or just google / yahoo ‘free org chart software’ and start building your own contacts into a map you can utilize in a new way.