Human-resources department, blockchain is transforming recruitment

Consulting company PwC is testing a project to use blockchain in the process of staff selection. The technology is able to validate the credentials of the candidates, reducing the time needed to the reference checks on recruitment. Sara Castellanos (The Wall Street Journal) lists the advantages for human-resources departments and gives and writes on a test by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, which has more than 21,000 chartered accountant members world-wide.