Rate Module - Ability to "Rate" people Using the Rate Module , I'm interested to know if it is possible to "Rate" people. 

For example, rate a tradesman; rate a private tutors teaching service; rate any service provider.

I'm already using the Rate module for node rating, but cannot seem to find at this moment the ability for the above, unless it's custom hack or something. 

Has anyone used the Rate module for similar, or would anyone like to share a general overview of what's needed to accomplish such a task?
Drupal is very capable in this arena.

A few modules that come to mind are:


Voting API
Fivestar
Rate


With more detail I think you would get a better answer, but at a glance I believe you could accomplish this quite easily with readily available modules.

The tricky part I believe will be figuring out how to structure your site.

Will People/Service providers be stored as nodes or user accounts?

Will users need to register to rate? Can anonymous users rate? Both?

Can service providers register their own business/service or will you be adding a pre-selected list?



If you create a custom content type called "Service Provider" for example, you could apply the Rate module to this content type and have something up and running quite quickly.