How recruiters verify you in one click

Marcus is a senior recruiter at a fast-growing infrastructure company. On any given Tuesday he has forty open roles, sixty active candidates, and a calendar that thinks eight back-to-back hours of intro calls is normal. He spends two of those hours chasing reference checks for candidates he hasn't even decided to advance yet.

A signed CV collapses most of that work.

What a recruiter sees on a verified CV

• Employment claims with signatures from the employer. "VP Engineering at Northwind Robotics, 2021–2024" is signed by did:web:northwind-robotics.com — the company itself.
• Recommendations signed by the writer. The chip next to each one tells Marcus who said it, and lets him verify in two clicks that the writer's identity is real.
• A CV body signed by the candidate. Marcus knows nothing was changed since the candidate published it. No mid-process embellishment.
• A signed contact channel. Email and LinkedIn handle, both proved to belong to the same identity.

What this is worth to a candidate

Two things, both compounding:

1. Higher response rate. Recruiters reply faster to candidates whose claims can be checked without ten emails of follow-up.
2. Faster process. The stages between application and offer compress. You spend less time waiting on someone else's calendar.

What this is worth to a recruiter

Time, but also defensibility. When a hire goes wrong six months in, "their CV said X and we verified the signature" is a much better paper trail than "their CV said X and we asked their friend".