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Employchain- Adding Equality to the Hiring Process

The revolutionary mobile app that uses blockchain for more equality in labour markets

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Employchain- Adding Equality to the Hiring Process

Employchain- Adding Equality to the Hiring Process

Employchain- Adding Equality to the Hiring Process

Employchain- Adding Equality to the Hiring Process

Employchain- Adding Equality to the Hiring Process

The revolutionary mobile app that uses blockchain for more equality in labour markets

The revolutionary mobile app that uses blockchain for more equality in labour markets

The revolutionary mobile app that uses blockchain for more equality in labour markets

The revolutionary mobile app that uses blockchain for more equality in labour markets

Jan-Philipp Arps
Jan-Philipp Arps
Jan-Philipp Arps
Jan-Philipp Arps
1 Campaign |
Jönköping, Sweden
$873 USD $873 USD 22 backers
4% of $21,650 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
Overview
Employchain radically simplifies the matching process for companies and students by replacing long written CV’s and job ads by short and concise profiles. Profiles are created through our mobile app within a few minutes and only consist of keywords with skill levels. Companies spend a lot of money on recruiting to check a candidate’s qualification. Therefore, Employchain provides a blockchain to validate students' qualification during their study path enabling transparency and traceability.

Why we created Employchain

André Teege (left) and Jan-Philipp Arps​ (right)

Employchain founders Jan-Philipp Arps and André Teege were both university students who shared a passion for blockchain technology and programming.

While Jan-Philipp was attending Jönköping University, well-known for it’s large international student community, he noticed his friends struggling to get hired after graduation even though they were extremely qualified.

From this grew a mission between the two blockchain enthusiasts to create a mobile app that could help students find jobs in an easier and less stressful way.

The app would use a blockchain system to automatically match students with local companies – no job search required. Furthermore, students would have the option to make anonymous profiles which focused only on their qualifications and not on their nationality, name or appearance.

Jan-Philipp and André pitched their idea at several events for startups and quickly gained support from local organizations and companies who agreed to work with their mobile app - officially named Employchain.

 

Finding a job is challenging

Meet Zaire

Zaire is a student from Egypt with a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Ain Shams in Cairo. After graduating, he moves to Sweden and completes a master’s degree in AI Engineering at Jönköping University. He decides to search for jobs in Sweden instead of returning to Egypt and sends out as many applications as possible on different platforms.

A year after beginning his search, Zaire is still unable to find a job even though he's talented, has in demand skills and relevant working experience. The process is overwhelming to adapt to the characteristics of a different labour market and CV's, cover letters, hiring practices and common search platforms add even more confusion. He keeps sending out applications but continues to get rejected without understanding the reason for it.

 

Recruiters have challenges, too

Problems continue to persist within the job search and hiring industry. Although recruiting companies exist, there is a missing link between their connection with skilled professionals who are a right fit for the job and for candidates who sometimes feel they don't get a fair chance. 

Many applicants are overlooked because they don't understand how to properly communicate their skills - even if they are experienced and good at their job. This frustrates applicants who want to get hired and recruiters who aren't being matched with quality candidates. The holes can be filled with the Employchain mobile app, which has extensively studied the issues in the labour market and created a perfect solution for everyone.

 

 

How Employchain changes the game

How does it work?

Employchain has simplified the process for both job seekers and recruiters.

  • Applicants only need a profile consisting of keywords with skill levels -
    no more confusing CV's or cover letters
  • The app automatically matches applicants to recruiters -
    no more endless applying
  • Applicants are only alerted when a company is interested in an interview -
    no more disappointing rejection letters
  • Profiles can be listed anonymously without pictures or name -
    no chance for discrimination 

Zaire signs up for Employchain

  • Applicants only need a profile consisting of keywords with skill levels

Zaire fills out a profile consisting of simple keywords in the categories of basic information, skill level and personal interests/hobbies.  The process takes approximately 10 minutes and doesn't require a complicated cover letter because all important information is posted on the profile in concise, easy-to-read sections.

  • The app automatically matches applicants to recruiters 

His profile gets shortlisted to companies that created job ads with certain criteria. Our algorithm matches his education, experience, skills, hobbies and more. This feature eliminates the need to spend countless hours browsing through available jobs or applicants because the app is constantly working to do the matching for Zaire and the recruiters.

  • Applicants are only alerted when a company is interested in an interview

Only when a company is interested in him, he is notified about a match. Now it is his turn to decide whether he wants to get in contact or not to proceed with an interview. He no longer receives emails in his inbox with rejection letters - all notifications from Empoychain contain only positive messages and Zaire starts feeling excited about the job search process.

  • Profiles can be listed anonymously without pictures or name

The Employchain app offers an option for Zaire to hide personal details such as his name, age and appearance. This offers a fair chance to represent himself based only on his qualifications and experience without worrying about other factors influencing the selection process. Companies will still be automatically matched with his profile based on keywords and therefore,  his skills will be the most important thing presented to the company.

 

What does this have to do with blockchain?

What is a blockchain?

A blockchain is a series of data or records that are stored online and linked together in digital blocks. Each block contains timestamps and data of the previous block, therefore if there is a break in the chain link of data then it is revealed to all. There is no central authority, so the system cannot be corrupted or biased. This allows for secure exchanges of information on the internet which is neutral for all parties involved. 

How Employchain uses blockchain

 

 

Employchain is building up a peer-to-peer blockchain network for universities, students and companies in order to verify and track users' education, work experiences and other information that can be validated with minimal effort. This will be done by working in collaboration with local companies, universities and organizations who can provide certificates that validate the backgrounds of users.

This provides a great benefit: recruiters or companies don't have to double-check qualifications anymore. As a result, information on a CV becomes more trustworthy and it is guaranteed that no one else, not even ourselves, can change or corrupt any of the data. The process is completely secured, unbiased and extremely efficient for both recruiters and applicants.

What we need & what you get

You are here because we are asking you for help to fund the alpha version of our product. In order to realise this, there are mainly development costs. This refers to our planned alpha version. The blockchain functionality will not be included in the beginning as we want to validate the user experience and acceptance of the app in the alpha version. As soon as the alpha version has been tested successfully, we will develop the first public beta release with improvements and blockchain network feature. In case we are able to collect more funds than the given goal, it will be used for the implementation of the beta version as well.

Our team

Our team consists of four motivated people:

 

 

Our office in Science Park, Jönköping & our team at Sweden Demo Day

Our team is located in the co-working space of Science Park Jönköping. From November 2018 until February 2019 Employchain was part of Science Park’s accelerator program. We are grateful for all the support we've received from Science Park and the community in Jönköping. 

 

 

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Employchain is an official product of BlockchainX AB

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Personalised Block

Currency Conversion $21 USD $27 USD (24% off)
€19 EUR
You will get a Block with your own name in our virtual Blockchain. Our "Employchain" will run on our website and you will be immortal as one of our supporters.
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  • Your personalised Block
Estimated Shipping
June 2019
6 out of 100 of claimed
Employchain T-Shirt

Employchain T-Shirt

Currency Conversion $32 USD $36 USD (12% off)
€29 EUR
Get a personalised T-Shirt with our Employchain logo. Choose your individual size and color.
Included Items
  • Employchain T-Shirt
Estimated Shipping
July 2019
3 out of 100 of claimed
Ships worldwide.
Student early bird access

Student early bird access

Currency Conversion $42 USD $53 USD (20% off)
€39 EUR
Are you a student looking for a job and interested in testing our mobile app before we launch? Then become a student betatester and get exclusively 1 year free premium access to our application. By providing feedback directly to our team you will help us to make Employchain a success.
Included Items
  • Student premium access
Estimated Shipping
August 2019
0 out of 100 of claimed
Computer Dudes Repair Service

Computer Dudes Repair Service

Currency Conversion $53 USD $64 USD (16% off)
€49 EUR
You have an old or broken computer? Get your computer fixed or upgraded from the "Computer Dudes." "The Computer Dudes" is a hobby business Andrè and Jan-Philipp were running as university students. They fixed broken and old laptops, stationary computers and advised family, friends and fellow students on all sorts of technical issues.
Included Items
  • Computerdudes reparation
Estimated Shipping
June 2019
0 out of 20 of claimed
Cryptocurrency consultation

Cryptocurrency consultation

Currency Conversion $53 USD $64 USD (16% off)
€49 EUR
Jan-Philipp wrote his masters thesis in Informatics about cryptocurrencies at Jönköping International Business School. In addition to Employchain he works as a part-time consultant for cryptocurrency- and blockchain projects. Get this Perk if you are interested to learn more about cryptocurrencies or how to invest in it.
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  • Cryptocurrency consultation
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June 2019
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Company premium access

Company premium access

Currency Conversion $434 USD $543 USD (20% off)
€399 EUR
You are looking for young and talented people to grow your company? Get exclusive access to our rich employchain database of over 12000 students from 75 nationalities at Jönköping University. Provide our developer team with feedback to receive a customised dashbord. Get access to our students before your competitors.
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  • Company premium access
Estimated Shipping
September 2019
0 out of 20 of claimed
Startup trip Jönköping

Startup trip Jönköping

Currency Conversion $543 USD $652 USD (16% off)
€499 EUR
For only 499€ you will get a unique weekend-trip to Jönköping our wonderful city in the swedish province of Småland. A growing eco-system of university, Science Park, several co-working spaces attracts more and more entrepreneurs and Startups from and outside Sweden. Leave us a message for more details about our special trip. Updates will follow.
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  • Startup Sightseeing Jönköping
Estimated Shipping
June 2019
0 out of 25 of claimed

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