How Velocity Network Foundation Cuts Hiring From Days to Hours

Описание: Velocity Network Foundation is trying to solve one of hiring’s biggest bottlenecks: credential verification.

Today, employers still wait days to confirm degrees, licenses, and work history. But what if those credentials could verify themselves?

On this episode of Don't Get Played, Sarah O'Melia sits down with Zach Daigle (Chief Strategy and Customer Officer at Cisive and board member at Velocity Network Foundation) and Etan Bernstein (Head of Ecosystem at Velocity Network Foundation).

In this conversation, they explore how the Velocity Network Foundation is creating an open “Internet of Careers” in which credentials such as degrees, licenses, and employment history can verify themselves. Instead of waiting days for schools, employers, or licensing boards to confirm information, cryptographically verified credentials can be authenticated almost instantly.

Zach and Etan explain why hiring still relies on self-reported resumes, how career wallets allow individuals to carry verified credentials throughout their careers, and how open infrastructure could reduce background screening timelines from days to hours.

📌 Topics covered:

The Trust Gap in Hiring: Why employers still spend days verifying resumes and credentials.
What Verifiable Credentials Are: How cryptographic credentials prove authenticity instantly.
The Career Wallet: Why individuals will carry verified credentials across their careers.
The Internet of Careers: How Velocity Network Foundation is building open hiring infrastructure.
From Days to Hours: How verified credentials can dramatically shorten hiring timelines.

If you are an HR leader, talent acquisition professional, or compliance executive, this episode explains how the infrastructure behind hiring is changing and what that means for the future of credential verification.

⏳ In this video:

00:00 - Intro
02:24 - Why credential verification is broken today
05:35 - How verifiable credentials work
09:26 - The concept of a career wallet
16:28 - Why interoperability matters
19:33 - Why Velocity calls it the Internet of Careers
21:44 - Compressing background check timelines
26:03 - The future of background screening

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