Trust is broken — and traditional background checks aren’t fixing it.
On this episode of Totally Talent, host Mike Wood talks with Raj Ananthanpillai of Trua about the shift to user-controlled, portable employee screening and privacy-first digital identity verification.
Think TSA PreCheck for hiring: faster verification through selective credential sharing, continuous evaluation, and mobile driver’s licenses — without oversharing personal data.
They explore how verified digital identities could reshape hiring, gig work, and even dating platforms — plus Raj previews his upcoming book, The Trust Crisis, on identity theft and data privacy in a digital world.
If you’re rethinking trust in a tech-driven era, this one’s worth a listen.