{"id":4860,"date":"2017-04-20T17:21:33","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T17:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/completed-wants-to-take-on-linkedin-with-a-yelp-style-rating-model.html"},"modified":"2017-04-20T17:21:33","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T17:21:33","slug":"completed-wants-to-take-on-linkedin-with-a-yelp-style-rating-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/completed-wants-to-take-on-linkedin-with-a-yelp-style-rating-model.html","title":{"rendered":"Completed wants to take on LinkedIn with a Yelp-style rating model"},"content":{"rendered":"


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If Black Mirror is anything to go by<\/a>, rating everyone around you isn\u2019t\u00a0always a great idea, but Completed<\/a> wants to make it easier to rate and rank the business professionals around you. It\u2019s kind of like Yelp, but instead of rating companies, you\u2019re rating the people within the businesses. The San Francisco-based company wants to use these ratings to shake up both hiring and career development.<\/p>\n

\u201cConstructive criticism of employee performance is extremely valuable. It creates accountability, which can be influential for career development and hiring,\u201d Michael Zammuto, CEO of\u00a0Completed said. The company just came out of a month-long beta, during which the company added 150,000 people to its database.<\/p>\n

When you go through the company\u2019s sign-up process, it becomes extremely obvious that while the rating side of the company is a great hook and a reason for people to sign up, Completed firmly has LinkedIn in its crosshairs. Makes sense, too, perhaps, after Microsoft snapped up the professional social networking site for $26 billion and change<\/a>, and has had a less-than-stellar run ever since. One of LinkedIn\u2019s early engineers, Leo Polovets, puts it well:<\/p>\n

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I used to think LinkedIn could only get better from its current state. Then the redesign happened and I found out I was very wrong. https:\/\/t.co\/shrW1KZjfa<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Leo Polovets (@lpolovets) March 10, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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But as many other companies have found through the years, a solid network effect<\/a> means that no matter how bad LinkedIn might be to its users, it\u2019s extremely hard to shake loose its ninja grip on the market of professional networking. That isn\u2019t stopping Completed from giving it a whirl, however.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re extremely excited to officially launch Completed. Professionals will finally be able to be rewarded for good work and have a chance to get constructive feedback to improve,\u201d Zammuto says, describing his new company as an enabler of \u201ca true Meritocratic Society.\u201d<\/p>\n

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From launch, the company has been successful in resolving some of the challenges with which other rating-style companies have struggled. The company advertises \u201ca strict anti-cyberbullying policy that prohibits harassing, threatening, embarrassing and targeting reviews,\u201d for example. There\u2019s also a mechanism in place where\u00a0users can interact with reviewers to ask questions or resolve feedback they feel is\u00a0unfair. How well this works in practice is obviously still to be seen, but it means that there\u2019s at least a fighting chance to stave off the fake news epidemic from our personal lives.<\/p>\n

The site launches to the public today<\/a>, as the company announces a $150,000 seed round to help keep the wheels a-turning.<\/p>\n

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