Linkedin Lookup Ios App Aims To Replace Your Company S Awful Intranet Employee Directory
Most large companies have employee directories on their intranet, and most of them have two things in common: the database entries are typically out of date, and the subpar search functionality justsucks. Professional social network LinkedIn hopes its new Lookup app, launching today, will solve this problem – allowing you to search for people in your own company even if you’re not connected to them on LinkedIn. Its primary selling-point is that it lets you search by skill or area of expertise, to help make contact with co-workers who might be able to help out with a project … In addition to the info already available on their LinkedIn profiles, the app will also show you contact data available only to coworkers, as well as allowing you to message within the app without using up InMail credits....