Hiring,built on trust.
AI can write a perfect resume. It can’t put its reputation behind one.
The private talent network built from trusted recruiter relationships.
Today, everyone in hiring keeps their own version of the truth.
Recruiters and agencies rarely share their people, because nobody can prove who introduced whom. PeopleOnChain keeps one shared record that no one, including us, can quietly rewrite.
- Employers reach screened talent across every network.
- Candidates choose which opportunities to pursue. Discreetly.
- Recruiters connect their candidate network without losing credit.
Only a fingerprint of each record goes onchain, never anyone’s personal details.
Why we built PeopleOnChain
Built by people who have spent years filling some of the hardest roles in Web3. That work gave us a deep understanding of where hiring breaks down, and an appreciation for how blockchain can address it.
- Every applicant now looks qualified on paper: the floor of the talent pool has been artificially inflated.
- The best people can look mediocre on paper, and get buried in the noise.
- Fake candidates are now a security risk, not just a bad hire.
- Recruiters are limited to their own clients’ roles.
PeopleOnChain was built to change that.
Hiring depends on parties who don’t fully trust each other. Great candidates will have recruiters who represent them, the way athletes and actors do, and great recruiters will share what they know. PeopleOnChain is where that starts.
We’d rather bring you one right person than ten wrong ones.
Our story
Ryan Hill
Co-founder, Recruiting & Growth
20 years recruiting technical talent, including five years leading Engineering recruiting at Circle. A blockchain advocate since 2013.
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Tom Fitzgerald
Co-founder, Recruiting & Operations
More than a decade recruiting for technology teams, including five years leading Product recruiting at Circle.
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Our mission
To connect the world’s fragmented talent networks into one trusted, interoperable hiring ecosystem.