ConnectionsEmployee Entity

The employee entity contains information about an individual dealer employee. Employees need to be configured by certified dealer managers. Their primary use is to allow reviewers to tag employees that they dealt with in their review as they write it, which in turn lets us filter and report to other end users on reviews written for particular employees.

Sample ConnectionsEmployee XML

<ConnectionsEmployee>
    <AtDealershipSince>
        <Date>2010-12-01T00:00:00</Date>
        <Months>7</Months>
        <Years>6</Years>
    </AtDealershipSince>
    <AverageRating>4.8</AverageRating>
    <Biography>I've been an locksmith for over 5 years and now in the automative industry.</Biography>
    <Certified>true</Certified>
    <DealerId>0</DealerId>
    <DealershipName>Sample Dealership Name</DealershipName>
    <Department>SALES</Department>
    <EmployeeCertifications>
        <Certification>Certification 1</Certification>
        <Certification>Certification 2</Certification>
    </EmployeeCertifications>
    <FirstName>Arnold</FirstName>
    <Id>99999</Id>
    <ImageUrl>http://sample.cloudfront.net/images/1234567890AB.jpg</ImageUrl>
    <InIndustrySince>
        <Date>1992-05-01T00:00:00</Date>
        <Months>2</Months>
        <Years>25</Years>
    </InIndustrySince>
    <LastName>Smith</LastName>
    <Position>Vehicle Consultant</Position>
    <RecentReviewCount>5</RecentReviewCount>
    <TotalReviews>200</TotalReviews>
    <AgentId>2</AgentId>
    <EmailAddress>smith@sample.com</EmailAddress>
</ConnectionsEmployee>

ConnectionsEmployee Attributes

Attribute	Type	Description
AtDealershipSince	date/years/months	The date that the employee joined the dealership (this is in the "Date" property). We also offer the number of years and months since "now" (the API invocation time) for convenience. This will change over time, so please be aware.
AverageRating	double	An average rating (1-5) of all reviews this employee has been tagged in. If the employee does not yet have a rating, the field will be null or an empty element (for xml: <AverageRating i:nil="true"/>)
Biography	string	Each employee can optionally have a biography. The biographies are normally a few paragraphs and serve to introdce a consumer to the employee.
Certified	bool	true if this is a certified employee, false otherwise
DealerId	int	The primary key of the dealer to which this employee belongs.
DealershipName	string	The full name of the dealership.
Department	string	The department that the employee belongs to at the dealer.
EmployeeCertifications	string array	A list of optional certifications that the employee has listed in their profile.
FirstName	string	The employee's first name.
Id	int	The employee's primary key. Used to uniquely identify an employee in the system.
ImageURL	string	Fully qualified URL to the employee's image. The URL given uses HTTP; the endpoint does support HTTPS, but given a defect in our CDN provider's service, the certificate will come back invalid. If you have a valid usecase that requires access to uploaded images via HTTPS, please contact our IT staff.
InIndustrySince	date/years/months	The date that the employee joined the automotive industry (this is in the "Date" property). We also offer the number of years and months since "now" (the API invocation time) for convenience. This will change over time, so please be aware.
LastName	string	The employee's last name.
Position	string	The employee's position (or job title) at the dealer.
RecentReviewCount	int	The number of reviews the employee has been tagged in over the last 30 days.
TotalReviews	int	The total number of reviews this employee has been tagged in.
AgentId	string	The Agent ID of the employee at the dealership.
EmailAddress	string	Email address of the employee (available only to Cars.com partner type)