Badge

Badge: Get Hired Faster with Verified Peer Reviews

In the modern job market, standing out is harder than ever. As AI-generated resumes become the norm, recruiters are looking for a "verified human signal" to differentiate between candidates. Badge provides this signal by turning your professional history into a Trust Score based on real, anonymous peer reviews. Whether you are an SDE at a top tech firm or a freelancer looking for your next gig, Badge helps you build a proof of work that hiring managers actually trust.

What's Badge?

Badge is a reputation-building platform designed to solve the problem of "invisible hard work." Traditionally, every time you change jobs, your professional reputation resets to zero. Your new team has no way of knowing about the deadlines you hit, the juniors you mentored, or the reliability you demonstrated at your previous company.

Badge fixes this by collecting anonymous peer reviews from the people you have actually worked with—including managers, teammates, and clients. Our AI agent facilitates this process, ensuring that your achievements follow you throughout your career. Your Trust Score acts like a credit score for your professional life, providing recruiters with verified evidence that you can deliver on your promises. By using Badge, you stop competing on resume keywords and start competing on what actually matters: your reputation.

How to Use Badge

Building your proof of work on Badge is designed to be seamless and takes only a few minutes. Here is how you can get started:

1. Install the Badge App: Begin by downloading the application and setting up your profile. During setup, you will share your contacts so the AI agent can identify colleagues from your phonebook.
2. Review One Colleague: To start the process, give your first anonymous review to a colleague you have worked with. This is handled through the Badge Agent to maintain privacy.
3. Build Your Trust Score: The AI agent will then reach out to your colleagues with targeted questions regarding your collaboration, communication, and delivery. Their answers are synthesized into your professional Trust Score.
4. Share Your Badge: Once your score is built, add your Badge to your resume, LinkedIn profile, or email signature.
5. Grow Your Reputation: Stay active on the platform. Every review you give or receive lifts your score and earns you badges that get you noticed by recruiters.
6. Manage Reviews: You maintain full control. You can set your reviews to public or private at any time through the app interface.

Features

Badge is packed with features designed to maximize your professional visibility and credibility:

• AI Agent Collection: No more chasing colleagues for recommendations. The AI agent finds your colleagues on WhatsApp and handles the outreach and follow-ups automatically.
• Verified Human Signal: Unlike public LinkedIn endorsements, Badge reviews are anonymous and specific, making them far more valuable to hiring managers.
• Portable Trust Score: Your reputation is no longer tied to a single company. Your score travels with you across different jobs and industries.
• Recruiter Discoverability: Recruiters use the Badge platform to search for candidates based on their Trust Score, meaning you show up first when new opportunities arise.
• Privacy Controls: All reviews are anonymous by design, allowing colleagues to provide honest feedback without social pressure. You also have the power to control which reviews are visible to others.
• Verification Safeguards: The system requires a verified work overlap (same company, same time period) for a review to be accepted, preventing fake or irrelevant feedback.

Use Case

Badge is being utilized by top professionals across the industry to secure better opportunities. Here are some real-world examples of how it is helping candidates:

For Job Seekers

Candidates are getting hired faster by including their Trust Score in their applications. For example:

• Harish Bhat (Principal Software Engineer at Oracle Healthcare) received 8 recruiter responses in 18 days.
• Tamajit Ghosh (Principal Software Engineer at Oracle Healthcare) received 6 recruiter responses in 28 days.
• Adithya M (Software Engineer 2 at BT Group) received 4 recruiter responses in 9 days.

For Recruiters and Hiring Managers

Recruiters at companies like Stripe, Notion, Uber, Flipkart, and Airbnb trust Badge because it provides a deeper look into a candidate's performance than a resume ever could.

"Resumes tell me what they did. Peer reviews tell me how they did it. In a world of AI-generated resumes, verified human signal is the only thing that matters." — Technical Recruiter, Swiggy

"Our best hires almost always had the worst resumes. Our worst hires looked incredible on paper. The proof was never in the resume." — Engineering Manager, Atlassian

For Freelancers

Badge allows freelancers to build a continuous proof of work that can be shared with potential clients, proving their reliability and skill set through verified feedback.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

How do I get my first review?

Getting your first review takes about a minute. Once you install the Badge app and grant access to your phonebook, our AI agent identifies your colleagues. The agent then contacts them on WhatsApp with short, anonymous questions. You don't have to write any awkward messages; the agent handles the outreach and follow-ups in the background. Reviews usually start appearing on your profile within a few hours.

Why do I need Badge if I already have a LinkedIn profile?

LinkedIn endorsements are often public and mutual, leading people to write only polite, generic compliments. Badge reviews are anonymous and specific. The AI agent asks targeted questions about reliability, pressure handling, and collaboration. Because it is anonymous, the feedback is honest. Ten specific, anonymous peer reviews carry more weight with a hiring manager than fifty generic LinkedIn endorsements.

How does my Trust Score affect my job discoverability?

Most resumes are filtered by keyword-based Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS). Badge flips this. Recruiters on the platform browse candidates by Trust Score. A higher score means you rank higher in search results when recruiters look for specific roles or industries. Your proof of work does the selling for you before you even apply.

Can one bad review permanently damage my professional reputation?

No. Your Trust Score is an aggregate of all your reviews over time. A single outlier review among many positive ones will not define your career. Furthermore, Badge has safeguards to detect and privatize abusive or toxic reviews. You also have the option to make any review private or report spam. Interestingly, a few pieces of constructive feedback can actually make your profile look more credible and authentic to recruiters.

Who can review me, and what stops fake reviews?

Only colleagues with a verified work overlap (verified by company and time period) can leave a review that significantly impacts your Trust Score. The AI agent also filters out vague or low-quality responses, demanding specific details about your work. This ensures that every review on your Badge profile is a genuine reflection of your performance.

Can I see who reviewed me?

You can see every review written about you, but the identity of the reviewer remains hidden. This anonymity is crucial for ensuring the honesty and detail that recruiters value so highly.