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[Show HN] Engem.me - Give your LinkedIn profile a visual facelift

6 points by bharani_m 14y ago

duiker101 14y ago
>We're sorry, but something went wrong.
- bharani_m 14y ago
  On the landing page? It seems to be working properly. I'll check again.
  - duiker101 14y ago
    after linking my profile, sorry i should have specified. It appears to have linked it anyway...but why do I have to create also another account if I already logged in with linkedin?
    - bharani_m 14y ago
      You need to enter your email/password after Linkedin auth so that I can send you the emails that you get via your Engem profile.
bharani_m 14y ago
Engem is a small little web app that I have been working on lately and it helps you give your Linkedin profile a visual facelift. The core idea with Engem is that presently your LinkedIn profile doesn't tell much about you (and it doesn't look good either). If you see your LinkedIn profile, you will notice that apart from ads, a lot of the screen real-estate is used up by sections like "Viewers of this profile also clicked on". If you are sharing your profile with someone (for example a recruiter), these sections are not of any importance to you (or him). I believe that this is where Engem comes in. It helps you showcase only the stuff that you want people to know about you and it does so in a visually appealing manner. Here's the link to my profile - http://engem.me/bharani-muthukumaraswamy http://engem.me/bharani-muthukumaraswamy Let me know what you think about this. Looking forward to your feedback and inputs.
thornofmight 14y ago
Very cool. Reminds me a little of http://flavors.me/ http://flavors.me/
- bharani_m 14y ago
  Thanks. Yes, It is somewhat like Flavors and About.me but I think your Engem page would tell a lot more about you than than the snippet that Flavors shows.
dougbarrett 14y ago
It's pretty cool and easy to use, but completely removes formatting for the "Professional Profile". Eg. my engem.me profile: http://engem.me/doug-barrett http://engem.me/doug-barrett and my linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/doug-barrett/53/118/445 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/doug-barrett/53/118/445
- dougbarrett 14y ago
  Also, I tested out "send email" and I haven't received the e-mail yet. PS. Nice use of Zurb Foundation :) I'm using it on an little web app I'm currently working on also.
  - bharani_m 14y ago
    Thanks for trying it out Doug! I will try to fix these issues shortly. PS. I absolutely love Foundation!
    - dougbarrett 14y ago
      No problem, I was thinking of doing something similar to what you've done, but you've really gone above and beyond what I was originally thinking. Best of luck!
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webaficionado 14y ago
I really liked your resumonk. www.resumonk.com My score 85/100 Coming to engem (70/100) I want myself to customize fonts(style+size) Sometimes I donot want to show users my area/industry or no. of connections. I donot have a pic on linkedin, but it shows a broken image on engem.. On top of everything, this was a really good attempt.. Keep going
- bharani_m 14y ago
  Thanks a lot for the review. I will try to fix all the bugs that you mentioned.

6 points by bharani_m 14y ago

duiker101 14y ago

>We're sorry, but something went wrong.

bharani_m 14y ago
On the landing page? It seems to be working properly. I'll check again.
- duiker101 14y ago
  after linking my profile, sorry i should have specified. It appears to have linked it anyway...but why do I have to create also another account if I already logged in with linkedin?
  - bharani_m 14y ago
    You need to enter your email/password after Linkedin auth so that I can send you the emails that you get via your Engem profile.

bharani_m 14y ago

Engem is a small little web app that I have been working on lately and it helps you give your Linkedin profile a visual facelift. The core idea with Engem is that presently your LinkedIn profile doesn't tell much about you (and it doesn't look good either). If you see your LinkedIn profile, you will notice that apart from ads, a lot of the screen real-estate is used up by sections like "Viewers of this profile also clicked on". If you are sharing your profile with someone (for example a recruiter), these sections are not of any importance to you (or him). I believe that this is where Engem comes in. It helps you showcase only the stuff that you want people to know about you and it does so in a visually appealing manner. Here's the link to my profile - http://engem.me/bharani-muthukumaraswamy http://engem.me/bharani-muthukumaraswamy Let me know what you think about this. Looking forward to your feedback and inputs.

thornofmight 14y ago

Very cool. Reminds me a little of http://flavors.me/ http://flavors.me/

bharani_m 14y ago
Thanks. Yes, It is somewhat like Flavors and About.me but I think your Engem page would tell a lot more about you than than the snippet that Flavors shows.

dougbarrett 14y ago

It's pretty cool and easy to use, but completely removes formatting for the "Professional Profile". Eg. my engem.me profile: http://engem.me/doug-barrett http://engem.me/doug-barrett and my linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/doug-barrett/53/118/445 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/doug-barrett/53/118/445

dougbarrett 14y ago
Also, I tested out "send email" and I haven't received the e-mail yet. PS. Nice use of Zurb Foundation :) I'm using it on an little web app I'm currently working on also.
- bharani_m 14y ago
  Thanks for trying it out Doug! I will try to fix these issues shortly. PS. I absolutely love Foundation!
  - dougbarrett 14y ago
    No problem, I was thinking of doing something similar to what you've done, but you've really gone above and beyond what I was originally thinking. Best of luck!
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webaficionado 14y ago

I really liked your resumonk. www.resumonk.com My score 85/100 Coming to engem (70/100) I want myself to customize fonts(style+size) Sometimes I donot want to show users my area/industry or no. of connections. I donot have a pic on linkedin, but it shows a broken image on engem.. On top of everything, this was a really good attempt.. Keep going

bharani_m 14y ago
Thanks a lot for the review. I will try to fix all the bugs that you mentioned.