How verification works
We don’t verify you. The people who hold the records do.
ConnectProve is the workflow between your claim and the organisation or person who can confirm it. We record the answer, who gave it, how and when — and show exactly that to the people you choose.
Each type of claim, step by step
Employment
- You enter
- Employer, job title, start date, end date or “current”.
- The source confirms
- Someone at the employer — usually HR or your manager — opens the link and confirms each field separately: worked here, title, start date, end date or current employment.
- Recipients see
- “Verified by employer”, with the person’s name and role and the organisational email domain they answered from.
References
- You enter
- Referee’s name, organisation, and their relationship to you.
- The source confirms
- The referee confirms the relationship, the period they knew you and the context. They may add a short factual comment. There are no star ratings and no character scoring.
- Recipients see
- “Verified by referee”, with the confirmed fields and date. Valid for 24 months.
Education and qualifications
- You enter
- The award, the institution or issuing body, and the award date.
- The source confirms
- The registrar, exams office or issuing body confirms the award was conferred. ConnectProve does not inspect certificates and never labels a document review as institution-verified.
- Recipients see
- “Verified by institution staff” or “Verified by issuing organisation”. Historical awards do not expire.
Not offered yet — and not faked
Identity and address verification require a specialist, regulated identity provider (document check plus liveness). Until that integration is live, ConnectProve shows identity as not verified. We do not offer criminal-record or Garda vetting checks, which only registered organisations can request through the National Vetting Bureau, and we never display a “clean record” mark.
Verification levels
A level describes the method, not the person. Only level 2 and above is ever labelled verified.
Every status, and what it means
Every change of status is a recorded event with a time, an actor and the engine version. History is never overwritten.
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Self-declared | You have entered the claim. Recipients see it as self-declared. |
| Awaiting confirmation | A secure link has gone to the verifier. Open for 14 days. |
| ✓Verified | The verifier confirmed it. Their name, role, email domain, the fields confirmed and the date are recorded. |
| ×Not confirmed | The verifier said it is incorrect and gave a reason. You can correct it and ask again, or contest it. |
| !Needs re-verification | A current role confirmed more than 12 months ago. You may have moved on, so it must be confirmed again. |
| !Verification expired | A reference older than 24 months. Ask for a fresh one. |
| ?Under review | You have contested a result. Shown as “Under review” until resolved. |
| ×Confirmation withdrawn | A confirmation was withdrawn. No longer shown as verified. |
Safeguards against self-verification
- The link goes only to the mailbox you name, is single-use and expires after 14 days. Possession of the link proves the answer came from that mailbox.
- Recipients see the domain the answer came from. A personal domain (Gmail, Outlook, iCloud and similar) is never labelled as the organisation confirming.
- You cannot send a request to your own address.
- Editing a verified claim clears the confirmation — the verifier confirmed the old wording, not the new one.
- Recipients can report a profile. Verifiers can say a claim is incorrect. You can contest a result. Each is reviewed and logged.
Start with one claim
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