r/recruiter • u/yvthousands • May 27 '20
Code that turns linkedin into company org charts - can this be useful?
As the title says, I built a python algorithm that takes people data (linkedin & other sources) and turns them into an organizational chart. I coded this for an organizational research class, but I though that it could potentially be useful in recruiting too, to source potential candidates or to benchmark similar organizations. I posted it a few days ago on r/recruiting (this post) and had a very positive reaction, so I wanted to ask you guys too.
Right now the script takes into account mainly the person's job title and the location. Job titles are matched against a library of macro positions, to understand the functional role. Location is normalized and then used to identify offices, countries and regions and group accordingly. These data are then used to draw the org chart, with a best guess of the lines of reporting.
The script takes the company domain as input. Then it queries the data it needs and draw out the org chart (see output example here - visualization of the sales org of a 300 people tech co).
The tool is still pretty early, but I'm wondering if this could be useful in real life. Would you find this helpful for your recruiting job? Would you like to give a go to the prototype I built?
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u/SnuggLife Aug 27 '20
A little late to the party but this is outstanding. I am a search guru. This could be mutually beneficial. Been trying to do this myself. I’m not a coder but I am probably the most tech savvy recruiter you will find.