Bolster your credentials: Part 1: Event Proofs
By: Charlotte Hall
Tags: Hiring, Dapps, Hrtech, Decentralized, Identity

Bolster your credentials: Part 1: Event Proofs

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

Now several months into development, Zinc’s basic platform is set-up and is creating a buzz amongst workers and recruiters across the globe. We are well on our journey to revolutionise referencing and the way recruiters and workers interact and share personal data. Read our three-part blog series to hear more about how Zinc’s new proofs will allow workers to build comprehensive, timeless and validated digital work passports.

Event Proofs

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.

An example of an event proof in action was at ETH Berlin, where over 100 attendees collected an event proof with Zinc, to document their attendance. Zinc funded the deployment of a mainnet Ethereum ID, an ENS subdomain and started to create their Zinc work passport.

Why is it important?

In an industry that thrives on, and expects continuous professional development, proof of past roles can only be one small part of assessing a workers suitability. Event proofs provide workers with a straightforward and meaningful way of capturing their presence and participation at events.

There is no equivalent of an event proof on a traditional CV, and important facts which help build a broader profile of a worker are often lost in a few lines of prose at the very end of a CV. Zinc’s event proofs, not only provide a way to capture this information simply, they categorise and validate it, helping it to become a meaningful part of the recruitment process.

By building up these event proofs alongside more traditional references, workers will finally have a way to document extra-curricular activities that showcase their dedication and ambition, creating a more rounded work profile.

How does it work?

Step 1: Signing up to https://zinc.work/ : you can sign-up via; email password, LinkedIn or MetaMask. LinkedIn is recommended to attach any existing professional reputation to Zinc.

Signing up to https://zinc.work/ you can sign-up via; email password, LinkedIn or MetaMask. LinkedIn is recommended to attach any existing professional reputation to Zinc. Step 2: Request Proof > Event proof: You’ll land on the profile page upon login. Click the ‘request proof’ button. Complete the form, entering the details of the relevant contact at your event, or even a colleague who attended with you. Once they’ve verified, you’ll see the proof appear on your profile.

At Zinc we are striving to remove the pain points in interviewing, in making the process both simpler, and more accessible to both workers and recruiters. Our new ‘proofs’ are a core element of our platform and offer workers the opportunity to build and most importantly, own, their work profile.