Factor 01 of 10
Verified identity.
Both parties are ID-verified before any contact. Candidates aren't anonymous applications. Employers aren't anonymous job posts.
Why this matters
Hiring runs on trust. The candidate trusts the job is real, the company exists, the pay is what it says, and the workplace isn't a scam. The employer trusts the candidate is real, the name matches the person, and the application isn't AI-generated. Both sides are routinely burned.
Most hiring platforms treat verification as a feature you can add later. That's an accident of how the systems were built — when resumes were paper and jobs were posted in newsprint, identity was implicitly handled at the interview. Now resumes are AI-generated, job posts can be fake, and "I'll see you when you walk in" no longer scales. Trust has to be established earlier, on both sides.
A 10-factor hire starts with both sides verified. The candidate's identity matches the person. The employer's business matches the listing. Bad actors get filtered at the door, not after the damage.
The pushback is that verification adds friction and reduces signups. True — and that's the point. The candidates and employers who won't get verified are exactly the ones the other side shouldn't be transacting with anyway.
What this looks like in practice
For candidates
Government ID verification at signup. One time, takes a minute. After that, your profile carries a verified badge to every employer you apply to.
For employers
Business verification at signup, confirmed through tax ID, business records, or platform-equivalent checks. Your job posts carry a verified-employer badge. No one applies to a ghost company.
Above this line is the open standard. Below is how Vetano implements it — drop this section if you fork.
Doctrine source on GitHub· synced 5/18/2026Vetano's implementation
VEvery Vetano profile — candidate and employer — requires verification at signup, processed through third-party verification providers. Both sides see verification badges. No verified ID, no profile. No exceptions.