November update
By: Charlotte Hall
Tags: Dapps, Hrtech, Hiring Tips, Product Updates, Blockchain

November was yet another productive month - we launched a new feature made continuous improvements to the user journey and received some great PR. Here’s a recap:

New Feature — Right to work ID Checks

The team took on another meaty technical sprint in the first half of November with the implementation of a new feature —right to work ID checks. This was something requested by early customers and it will broaden the appeal of the platform enabling recruiters and hiring managers to complete employee due diligence in a few clicks.

Validating candidate identity and right to work is a vital step in the recruitment process. Zinc will make ID checking faster and easier for employers while giving candidates a verified ‘right to work proof’ that they can use throughout their career.

ID Checks bolster our hiring toolset and allowing companies to collect “proof of right to work data” in a decentralised fashion. It most importantly lets candidates own the proof afterwards so it can be reused on other web3 apps and throughout the rest of their careers. This is a big step towards being one of the first of its kind mainnet national ID decentralised identity apps. But also in the versatility and value of building your decentralised work ID on Zinc. It’s clear to see how this national ID proof can be ported and reused used across a wide range of applications.

Looking to empower candidates with everlasting proof of right to work data? Read our article on ID checking your candidates.

Blockstack

We are thrilled to announce that we have fully integrated with blockstack — an ecosystem that gives you control over your fundamental digital rights: identity, data-ownership, privacy, and security. A great alternative to logging in with MetaMask, Blockstack perfectly aligns with our values. Log-in now.

Build your MV-Zinc Work-ID for 30 tokens

We launched our latest campaign on Bounties Network to encourage workers to build their work ID. This is a very simple process and you receive $5 paid in ETH.

If you’d like to earn for building your decentralised profile → click here.

Bolster your credentials: Part 1: Event Proofs

Zinc’s new event proofs help workers to categorise and showcase attendance and participation at events.

An event proof is a type of work proof, allowing workers to document their attendance and participation at an event. A worker might use the proof to mark attendance, or they may be more specific, using the proof to record a talk they gave or an award they accepted. Its use can be broad, but its purpose is simple — to add value and depth to a work profile.

Find out how to provide workers with a straightforward and meaningful way of capturing their presence and participation at events here.

Website

We have been making improvements to the overall recruiter journey and user experience, adding in tooltips and simplifying copy — no overcomplicated crypto jargon here.

We have also started on two new product pages for the main website — one for referencing and one for ID checks. These pages will provide more insight into the features, explaining the benefits of conducting a reference and a right to work ID check, why to use Zinc and a step by step process of how to get the most out of it.

We have also implemented a few new landing pages for specific features. Check out the referencing page here.

Vote

By popular demand, we held a vote regarding the 2.24m unsold tokens from the Crowdsale in January. The options were to burn, freeze or use the tokens to supplement an exchange listing. As a result, we have burnt 50% of the unsold tokens form the first Crowdsale in January. There were 2.24m unsold tokens so we sent 1,120,000 ZINC tokens were sent to the ENS burn address. The remaining 1,120,000 ZINC tokens will be used to supplement exchanges listing if the opportunity arises for a top 10 centralised exchange.

In the press

We’ve had some great press in the last couple of weeks! Check it out below: