Korea’s Largest Job Search Platform Teams With ICONLOOP To Verify Applicants’ Credentials Using Blockchain

Blockchain firm ICONLOOP and SaraminHR, Korea’s largest job search platform, have joined forces to implement blockchain technology in the recruitment and staffing industry in South Korea.

Based in Seoul, ICONLOOP specialized in the implementation and design of blockchain technology. It targets both scalability and security to maximize the utility of blockchain technology. The company is making an all-out effort to become a more mature IT company this year as it marks the start of the blockchain’s full-fledged market entry.

SaraminHR operates two divisions: a job portal division, which provides a culture of communication between the job-openers and job-seekers, as well as an offline division, which provides total headhunting services through HR professionals, core HR database and headhunting management systems, company-customized outsourcing services, and more. SaraminHR also provides employment support services, such as job creation for Korean youths and delivering the hope of work through general recruitment support services.

The two companies, which signed an agreement earlier this year to build and promote a blockchain-based decentralized identity (DID) ecosystem and related services, are working together to further enhance the credibility of job applications and recruiting processes. Using ICONLOOP’s DID, SaraminHR will introduce three new features to its job search platform:

• The Final Candidate Report Forgery Prevention feature enhances the security and transparency of job qualification exams and interview scores. After a candidate takes a job qualification exam and completes interviews, all scores are immediately and permanently recorded on a public blockchain network.
• The Certificate Forgery Prevention feature first requires all applicants to download and use ICONLOOP’s Zzeung mobile application to verify their identity. Then, the applicants can upload and link all their official certificates such as college diplomas and transcripts to their identity by using ICONLOOP’s digital certificate app called BROOF. Through this process, the credibility of the applicants’ certificates are improved. In addition, applicants can conveniently submit verified certificates to various companies with only a few clicks. The blockchain technology that powers both of these applications ensures applicants’ privacy and security while providing the benefits of transparency and credibility to companies.
• The Offline Test Attendance Verification feature ensures no cheating is happening on physical test sites. Applicants are required to use ICONLOOP’s VisitMe mobile application to check in to offline test sites, which uses QR codes for a quick and convenient process.

The companies plan to open the features sequentially until December, starting with the Final Candidate Report Forgery Prevention feature in September.

“I am confident that the values of reliability, transparency, and stability presented by blockchain will have a great impact on the recruitment market,” said Kim Jong-hyup of ICONLOOP. “You will be able to feel practical convenience through first-hand experience.”