LinkedIn, the professional networking site, is now building "data maps" that help users identify their current connections and learn what they need to do to be in their ideal job, according to a Forbes article written by Quentin Hardy. Deep Nishar, the person spearheading the effort, pores over terabytes of data from LinkedIn's 75 million members to show customers data such as, if one needs an M.B.A. for obtaining a certain position given the person's number of years in the industry.
Forbes explains how combing through decades of work histories and looking at the 2,500 new connections made between LinkedIn members every minute has given Nishar unique insight into American economic history.
"Graduate from college with a physics degree and there is a 22% chance you'll be a software engineer in two years," notes Hardy as an example of what these data maps predict.
Read the full article, including Nishar's background and more about LinkedIn's operations, in Forbes. Sign up for your 14-day free trial or buy the current issue for $1.49.
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