Want To Make Your Profile Interesting? Try The InMap!

by Debadrita on February 11th, 2011 2

Paul Butler, the creator of friendship visualizations on Facebook, over the world, has apparently inspired LinkedIn to try something of the same type, although a bit more advanced, for its users! Whoever or whatever be the inspiration for this new application being introduced on LinkedIn, one thing is for sure- the users are sure to be amazed as well as happy that, they are being given this chance of visualizing their professional connections in a completely new and excellent manner!

Many people find it hard to understand the need of being an account holder on LinkedIn. Those people who do understand the reason, are busy scrambling about assembling as many recommendations as possible. The recommendations are essential, for your professional growth. Wonder why that is? The InMap (that’s what its called!) explains exactly that!

Let’s answer the first question first. Why is there a need to sign up on LinkedIn? Well, all the data related to your professional life- like your experience, qualifications and so on- is stored on LinkedIn. Since the people you worked with previously have had an experience of your work and thus can identify your skills, much better that any others, hence, if you are recommended by them and are connected with them, your professional value automatically increases! So there! That’s the importance of signing up on LinkedIn. What the InMap does, is simply present your connections and recommendations in an interesting manner!

Ali Imam, a data scientist, explains the use of the InMap in short. He describes that, each and every user will have a distinct color coded map, that shows different connections in groups or organizations from his or her career. These may include previous employer, colleagues, classmates from college or former industries. This will allow everyone to easily decode the map at a glance, and see their professional details.

Mapping has become quite a popular concept in social networking sites. These maps work as wonderful insights into the details of virtual existence of people- showing their connections, relationships and channels with other users. Well, LinkedIn comes up with an even more interesting and creative twist in social maps!