The global recruitment industry is worth $429B as is currently growing at a rate of 5% per annum.

It is difficult and expensive to find suitable, reliable employees.

In the US, the average time from assessment to employment is 24 days.

This financial and internal labor cost associated in finding the right person is excessive.

The average cost of replacing an employee is $8,000.

Bring on Aworker.

Aworker will disrupt the recruitment industry in a variety of ways which reduce cost and add validity and trust in a market which certainly needs some attention.

They aim to reduce the cost of hiring and provide a method of selecting the best employees, whilst at the same time helping job seekers find a better job and earn additional income whilst doing so through the use of their WORK token.

Traditionally, many recruitment agencies have gone for the ‘low hanging fruit’ and not pursued the placement of other applicants who may have excellent attributes. They are only interested in quick commissions, sometimes leaving many better qualified job seekers stranded.

Their selection methods leave a lot to be desired and, in some cases, they are not even specialists in the field for which they are recruiting.

Aworker takes the subjectivity and bias away from the traditional recruitment process by introducing features to reinforce neutrality and openness in the selection process.

Using their ratings and skills functionality, supporting documents for each skill registered to a job seeker will be checked by at least 100 community experts who have no prior knowledge of the potential employee, removing the bias and proving that the job seeker is qualified in the skills they register. The system provides an intuitive and easy to use method to enhance the selection process and providing an accurate, honest and above all fair playing field to all parties.

Aworker can be viewed as a vetting process. Rather than the employer taking the face value of an application, they can now validate the candidate’s skills and reputation though the use of the Aworker platform on the blockchain. This ensures correct assessment of all applications and speeds up the selection process along the way.

Using smart contracts on the blockchain has the advantage of ensuring that all data is tamper proof whilst providing a monetary reward through the use of the Aworker token, WORK. The WORK token is the currency on which Aworker will function. The accuracy of any resume can now be guaranteed.

There will be monthly subscriptions for the employers, whereas the job seekers can sign up for premium accounts. Advertisements will also be funded by the WORK token.

There are 4 types of users in Aworker:

Employee: — a person who is either already employed or looking for a job. The employee responds to vacancies and provides information regarding their skills, work experience or competencies. WORK tokens will be distributed to the employee for a variety of activities including: — confirmed skills, reaching the 10 specialists in his/her country, receiving and job offer and starting work, attending an interview or sharing their private information.

The employee is encouraged to update their profile on a monthly basis to demonstrate skill development or work results.

Employees will also be able to evaluate their employer and leave feedback.

Three statuses are available for an employee to choose from: — ‘seeking a new position’, ‘not looking for a new job’ or ‘open to offers’.

Aworker: — an Aworker has a higher reputation and more proven skills than an employee. Aworkers can recommend their acquaintances to open vacancies, check their skills and evaluate the ratings. The Aworker’s reputation will depend on their results. If they recommend the best candidates their rating increases.

HR Manager: — The HR Manager is the contact at the company seeking to fill a job opening. They are able to search the Aworker platform for the most suitable candidates based on ratings. They will be able to communicate directly with the candidates and have access to their ratings and verify their skills.

Employer: — Employers will be able to vote for employees from the company. Their influence in the ratings is equal to that of an Aworker. They will also be able to write a review of an employee.

Some key advantages of the Aworker platform include:

For companies:- Choosing the best employees from trusted sources; Reducing hiring costs by up to 4 times

For employees:- Faster job search; Additional income from the platform

Why the blockchain?

By running a recruitment system on the blockchain it allows the employee to monitor their personal data and earn on it when the company asks to open contact information or show additional data. The blockchain allows for scaling on recommendations. Using smart contracts, all participating in the stages of hiring will receive WORK tokens (the Aworker currency).

The blockchain provides the evaluation required in the hiring process through a decentralized check of skills and suitability, removing the subjectivity which currently exists in the jobs market.

Check out the Aworker website at aworker.io or join their Telegram Group