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Fake employees and social attacks: Crypto recruiting is a minefield

Published 08/19/2022, 09:47 AM
Updated 08/20/2022, 10:20 AM
Fake employees and social attacks: Crypto recruiting is a minefield

Hiring in the crypto world can be difficult. Web3 companies are often disorganized and lack HR departments. Developers sometimes want to remain anonymous even to their potential employers.

Some employees dont exist at all, while others are secretly juggling three other remote gigs. Then there are those who pretend to be employees but are really just plotting to rug everyone.

Fake employees and remote workers youve never met are some of the issues in Web3 recruiting.

Pitfalls

Some companies have found they recruited someone they thought was an employee but was really a frontman for an entire team.

Hiring for Web3

In a decentralized online world, its sometimes difficult to know who you are hiring.

Credible crypto

BlockDeltas Strain, pictured attending a conference, stresses the importance for crypto-industry recruiters to intertwine themselves into the space. Source: BlockDelta

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Unique aspects of the industry

Hiring internationally via Zoom means employees often miss out on benefits and have to report their own taxes.

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