About 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.
- Candidate relationships trapped in private databases.
- Recruiters limited to their own clients’ roles.
- Employers competing for the same visible pool, while many of the best people stay off job boards entirely.
PeopleOnChain was built to change that.
Hiring depends on parties who don’t fully trust each other. One shared, verifiable record connects independent recruiting networks into an interoperable ecosystem. Employers reach talent they couldn’t before, candidates choose which opportunities to pursue, and recruiters keep credit for the people they bring on the network.
The private talent network built from trusted recruiter relationships.
Recruiters and agencies rarely share their people, because nobody can prove who introduced whom. PeopleOnChain keeps one shared record onchain that no one, including us, can quietly rewrite.
Only a fingerprint of each record goes onchain, never anyone’s personal details.
Our mission
To connect the world’s fragmented talent networks into one trusted, interoperable hiring ecosystem.
Something for every side
- Employers reach screened professionals across every network, including people who stay off the open job market.
- Candidates hear about the right opportunity without putting themselves out there. Nothing goes forward until they approve it.
- Recruiters work roles beyond their own clients’ and keep credit for every introduction they make.
The founders
Ryan has spent 20 years recruiting technical talent, including five years leading Engineering recruiting at Circle, and has been a blockchain advocate since 2013. He is drawn to its potential to bring greater transparency, accountability, and access to finance and the systems society depends on. At PeopleOnChain, he pairs that conviction with a recruiter's eye to help Web3 teams find the people who can build the products that are shaping our future.
Tom Fitzgerald
Co-founder, Recruiting & Operations
LinkedIn profile of Tom Fitzgerald, opens in a new tabTom brings more than a decade of experience recruiting for technology teams, including five years at Circle, where he led Product recruiting during its global expansion and filled some of the company's most challenging roles. At PeopleOnChain, he draws on that experience to help clients make the critical hires that move their businesses forward.