SAN FRANCISCO — Outdefine, a San Francisco-based startup, announced the launch of its crypto backed hiring community for global tech talent.
Global tech talent are struggling to get jobs online. Online hiring networks took down over 100 million fake profiles last year. Talent are now looking for ways to stand apart for job applications online by showcasing vetted profiles and skills.
Outdefine has built a vetted talent community where talent are incentivized to verify their profiles and skills. The community is backed by DEFN, Outdefine’s social-utility crypto token, which is launched on testnet. Talent earn DEFN tokens as rewards for getting vetted and growing the community. Talent spend the DEFN tokens to boost their candidacy in job applications.
Outdefine has quickly grown to a community of 50,000 tech talent from 142 countries in Software Engineering, AI, Blockchain, Data Science, Product Design, Marketing, and Sales. Talent showcase their profiles and skills, take assessments, get vetted, and apply for jobs directly with hiring companies.
Outdefine is helping companies screen talent 60% faster on average by directly accessing vetted profiles and their assessment details. Companies are also saving an average of up to 50% in hiring costs on talent hired from Outdefine. Outdefine has a growing roster of tech startups, enterprises, and recruiters hiring talent from the community today.
Outdefine founders are veterans of the HR Tech and blockchain industries. CEO Romil Verma is a Stanford University graduate and was previously a software engineer at Google. CRO Sanjay Verma has built a public engineering services company and held executive positions with multinational corporations.
The company has raised $2.8M from investors including TCG Crypto, Jump Crypto, Big Brain Holdings, Blocore, Formless Capital, Mask Eco Fund, and StartX. Learn more at www.outdefine.com.