PROVEN is a talent validation platform that replaces polished resumes with peer-validated professional profiles. It aggregates anonymous feedback from colleagues and scores candidates across four dimensions—experience, knowledge, attitude and skills, and contribution—so hiring teams can screen faster and reduce bad hires. The service integrates into existing recruiting workflows without requiring changes to how employers already operate.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Traditional hiring relies heavily on self-reported resumes and gut feelings, which often conceal a candidate's true professional capabilities and fit. This approach leads to time-consuming screening processes and costly hiring mistakes, as recruiters lack reliable, unbiased signals about how a person actually performs in a work environment.
Solution
PROVEN provides a talent validation platform that builds trusted professional profiles through structured self-assessments combined with anonymous peer feedback. The platform scores candidates across four dimensions—experience, knowledge, attitude and skills, and contribution—to deliver a transparent, holistic view of their capabilities. Hiring teams can access pre-validated profiles instantly, skipping lengthy resume reviews and focusing on candidates who have already been vetted by people who have worked with them. This approach removes bias, reveals authentic strengths, and helps employers make informed hiring decisions without disrupting their existing recruiting workflow.
Target Audience
Primary customers are hiring managers, recruiters, and human resources teams at companies of all sizes who want to reduce screening time, minimize bad hires, and identify overlooked talent without overhauling their current recruiting processes.
Features
- Anonymous peer validation system that gathers feedback from colleagues to confirm professional capabilities
- Four-dimension scoring methodology covering experience, knowledge, attitude and skills, and contribution
- Pre-validated candidate profiles that reduce screening time by allowing recruiters to bypass resume reviews
- Bias-reduction mechanism through third-party validation rather than self-reported claims
- Integration designed to fit into existing recruiting workflows without requiring process changes