This article introduces the About profile page in Personio. It offers a general overview and highlights its key functionalities. 

The About profile page helps you find everything you need to know about your colleagues in one place. It shows essential information like roles, reporting chains, who someone works with, where they work, and how to contact them. This overview makes it easier to connect and collaborate with colleagues. With the About profile page, you can:

• View job roles and reporting lines to understand a colleague's role and collaborators.
• Access Org Chart and People List links for organizational context, including department information and reporting lines.
• Find contact links for colleagues.
• Check colleagues’ locations and their current local times.

Access the About profile page

The About profile page is part of your employee profile.

• To view it, go to your profile by clicking your picture in the bottom-left corner of the main menu.
• To see another person's About profile page, go to their profile by clicking their name, profile picture, or any link that directs you to their profile.

The About profile page is visible to everyone by default. Administrators and users with configuration access can deactivate it if needed. They can also turn off specific widgets for all employees, but individual access rights determine what information a user sees. Learn how to set up the About profile page.

Note:
During the early access period for the new Personio, only Administrators can access the About profile page. They can grant access to others through access rights after the rollout phase ends. 

Explore the About profile page

The About profile page has widgets that show information about a person's role, connections, and contact details.

Department and Team widgets

These widgets show an employee's department or team. You can see the department or team members in the People List or organizational chart.

• Enter a description, parent, sub-units, and code in the settings to show more department or team information.

Supervisors widget

This widget shows an employee’s direct reporting line. It includes their supervisors and position in the organization’s hierarchy.

• Click the Org Chart icon to see the spotlight view of the current employee.
• Hover over an employee within the widget to see a pop-up window. This window gives you the option to view that person in an organizational chart.

Tip:
The Supervisors widget doesn't appear for the CEO because they don’t have any supervisors.

People widget

This widget helps you find who someone works with. You can see these people in the People List.

• Click the Org Chart icon to see the spotlight view of the current employee.
• Click the widget title to switch between views:
  • Direct reports: individuals who report directly to the person. This view appears if the person has direct reports. To see direct reports, you need access to the Supervisor attribute.
  • Peers: people who share the same supervisor.
  • Team and department members.

Relationships widget

This widget shows all relationships set up for the person you're viewing.

• • Click the Org Chart icon for the spotlight view
  • The widget displays:
    • Additional supervisors the person might have, like a project manager.
    • Additional reports if the person is an additional supervisor.
    • General relationships, like an “Onboarding Buddy” or “HR Business Partner”.

Current time widget

This widget shows someone's current time and contact details. The widget's color changes throughout the day to indicate the person's local time.

The widget displays:

• • • The person's local time based on their office location.
    • A direct email link or connection through an integrated tool like Slack. If there’s no integration connected, you have the option to copy the person’s email.

Workplace widget

This widget shows details about an employee's office location. This helps you know where the person is and how to find them. The widget displays:

• • • The office name and address.
    • A link to a list of colleagues at the same office location.
    • A mini-map with a Google Maps link. Map details appear when included in the Office settings.

Set up the About profile page

• Learn how to set up the About profile page.