Growbeam3 | Devpost

Inspiration

Employers pay an enormous amount of money in marketing, ad spend, and recruiter expense to try to hire new talent. This is especially true for specialized job roles. This incentive structure does not result in the best job candidates. We wanted to solve for this, redirecting funds to reward applicants with matching criteria with tokens without revealing their identity and contact information until consent is given.

Employees want to look at new opportunities without divulging this to their current employer.

Employment discrimination can also be addressed at the top end of the applicant funnel by using a web3, blockchain strategy.

What it does

Initial proof of concept is an applicant tracking system written in C# using .NET framework, removing personal identity information like first, last and email. We integrate with AELF testnet, then mainnet for launch. Companies have a wallet to interact with smart contract. Applicants have a wallet to apply and receive tokens as their application is considered.

In the proof of concept, the applicant uploads a resume/CV document but it’s their responsibility to remove their name, email and personal contact information. In the future, we’ll want to refactor this user experience and index resume data.

A future version would include allowing less experienced applicant to pay additional AELF to have their application viewed by employers.

How I built it

C#, .NET web app project. Hosted on AWS with Mysql. Smart contract in C# from AELF boilerplate-template and interact with via AELF SDK/API endpoints.

Current implementation, Growbeam3 creates wallets and custodies company and applicant private keys and has them log into website with email, password. This needs to be reexamined.

Challenges I ran into

Ran in delays porting legacy .NET framework 4.6 code (windows only) to .NET Core.

Custody company and applicant private keys and have them log into website with email, password.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

Spent last several years in Ruby/Rails and Javascript/NodeJs world. Excited to revisit C# and .NET.

What I learned

Learning curve on local setup and AELF test environment.

What's next for growbeam3

Marketplace: Next steps would involve a marketplace website model where the applicants earn AELF to consider opportunities. Resumes and application details would need to be searchable in this model.

Open platform: Existing job portals could integrate our privacy, security features and participate in tokenized incentives.

Growbeam3 solves for...

Solves for:

Security, Privacy for applicantEmployee wants to look for jobs without alerting their existing employer on legacy job portals.
- Apply with a wallet address instead of an email, first, last name
- Keep identity private until company messages applicant through smart contract
- Allows experienced employees to look at opportunities, directly or indirectly, without alerting their existing employer by circulating their resume
Tokenized incentives - allow applicants to earn
- Employers pay an enormous amount of money in marketing and headhunter expense to try to hire new talent. This is especially true for job specializations. Growbeam3 solves for this, redirecting funds to pay applicants without revealing their identity and contact information until consent is given.
Tokenized incentives - allow company to participate
- Allow new, less experiences applicants to pay more surface their application to companies.