SafeHire: Digital Identity Verification System for Secure Recruitment

Abstract

Distributed recruitment is changing the way companies hire people and is also creating new problems for Human Resources teams. It is now much easier for people to fake documents, pretend to be someone else, or carry out employment fraud, while old methods like manual checks, emails, and database queries cannot keep up with tricks such as fake videos or forged papers. SafeHire is designed to solve these problems as a system that checks if people are who they claim to be and fits modern hiring needs. Instead of slow and easily fooled methods, it uses Zero-Knowledge Proofs with the Anon-Aadhaar protocol so people can prove their identity without sharing private information. Government IDs are verified offline using XML signature validation, and academic records are stored securely using SHA-256 hashing so they cannot be changed. To check documents, SafeHire uses Jaro-Winkler and Levenshtein distance methods to find small errors and also verifies employers using Corporate Identification Numbers (CIN). All data is protected so only the right people can access it through strict access rules. SafeHire is a faster and more secure way to hire, using system-based verification connected to trusted records to reduce the weaknesses of older applicant tracking systems and make hiring more reliable.