MyNetworkValue.com - What Your Contacts are Truly Worth

MyNetworkValue is a tool which determines the value of your network of contacts. You’ll first be subjected to a series of questions to determine your worth. You’ll be asked for example for your highest level of education, your current work status, how many people you have a direct relationship with and how varied they are from each other, where you know them from, etc. From there MyNetworkValue calculates your potential economical worth in 10 years, should you use your contacts to their full advantage. There are comparative graphs which you can use to compare your network worth with others in the same field. As the whole calculation is a part of Xing, a business accelerator/contact management system, all users are offered free membership to get their network going. The site also has free personalized buttons and logos which you can incorporate into your blog or website after you’ve taken the test.

“Your business and personal contacts make up a network, which can exert considerable influence on your professional life and career. If you can recognize the value of your network you can tab into it and use it. So, what’s your network value?”

This seems to be a good tool for assessing your potential via your contacts, or at the very least it gives you a general assessment of what you could possibly work on and improve. While the results may or may not be spot on, MyNetworkValue could be seen as a morale booster, depending on where you land on the value scale.

This seems nothing more than a somewhat amusing advert for Xing. Does it actually tell you anything useful? Are the numbers really valid?