LinkedIn is launching a new app called 'Lookup' to help you quickly find and text coworkers

In April, LinkedIn got some interesting data about the way people used its service. Out of everybody who uses LinkedIn to search for other people, 30% view at least one coworker's profile every month.

It may sound odd for those who work at a small company, but if you're at a big enterprise with hundreds of thousands of employees, it's not always easy to learn about coworkers who you'll be working with on a new project.

Or if you need to find someone in a certain division, like a technician, you often have to go through clunky intranet software to find their contact info.

According to a recent LinkedIn survey, only 38% of professionals use their companies' intranets effectively, with 58% saying they'd do a much better job if they could find coworkers with specific skill sets easily.

Instead, 46% of the survey respondents said they used LinkedIn to look up coworkers, largely because of its ease-of-use and more up-to-date profile information.

In order so solve this problem, LinkedIn released a new app called "Lookup" on Wednesday. It's a simple app that will help you quickly find coworkers and learn about their background. It also has features that allow you to email and text message from directly within the app.

The way it works is simple: download the free app and sign-in using your company email address. Once you're in the app, you can search and view the profiles of anyone within your company who has a LinkedIn profile - even if you aren't a LinkedIn user, or if they haven't downloaded Lookup.

The app lists all the basic information you'd find on LinkedIn, in addition to their company email address and cell phone number, as long as the user elects to make them available. You can also search based on a variety of categories, including their name, title, division, or skills.