What AI-Ready Talent Means to Us at BlockchainWork
Answer first: at BlockchainWork, “AI-ready” does not mean a candidate who can name AI tools. It means a candidate whose work shows what changed and at what scale when they worked with AI, and BlockchainWork scores candidates by real impact. BlockchainWork is a Vietnamese blockchain, Web3 and AI talent community with 25,000+ candidates, 350+ hiring companies, 12+ educational institution MOUs and 200+ media mentions, and our CV data from July to October 2026 shows why tool names alone no longer tell candidates apart: about 60% of CVs list AI skills, and more than half of those are engineers who directly use and build AI features.
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What does “AI-ready” mean at BlockchainWork?
Answer first: it means the impact is visible in the work, not only in the tool list.
According to Ms. Tien Le, CEO and Co-founder of BlockchainWork, today’s CVs usually name the AI tools a candidate used but do not say how the result changed, or the scale of the work done with AI. BlockchainWork scores candidates by real impact.
In practice, that means two questions for any AI-related line on a CV: what changed because of the work with AI, and at what scale? A tool name tells you what the candidate used. It does not answer either question.
Why is a list of AI tools no longer enough?
Answer first: because AI use is now common, and employers are asking for effective use rather than familiarity.
AI use is widespread. Microsoft and LinkedIn’s 2024 Work Trend Index (published 8 May 2024) reported that 75% of knowledge workers use AI at work, and that two-thirds of leaders (66%) would not hire someone without AI skills. When most candidates can say they use AI, saying so does not help a hiring team choose between them.
Vietnamese employers say they will pay more for effective use. In ManpowerGroup’s Q3 2026 hiring survey for Vietnam (fieldwork 1-30 April 2026, as reported by Nhan Dan on 10 June 2026), 83% of the 265 employers surveyed said they are willing to offer better pay to candidates with knowledge of AI tools and the ability to use them effectively and responsibly. The key words are “effectively” and “responsibly”: both are about results and checking, not about naming a tool.
The demand is not limited to engineers. Lightcast’s “Beyond the Buzz” report (2025) found that over half of US job postings requesting AI skills in 2024 were outside IT and computer science occupations, and that postings mentioning AI skills advertised salaries 28% higher than those that did not. If you hire for marketing, operations or product roles, the same question applies to those CVs.
What do we see in candidate CVs on BlockchainWork?
Answer first: AI skills are common in the pool, so the useful filter is the evidence behind the line.
Our CV data from July to October 2026 shows that about 60% of CVs list AI skills, and more than half of those are engineers who directly use and build AI features. With that many profiles listing AI skills, “knows AI” separates very few of them. What separates them is the part Ms. Tien Le points to: what changed, and at what scale.
How can a hiring team read a CV for impact?
Answer first: for each AI-related line, look for the change and the scale, then ask the candidate about both.
- What changed? Look for a before and after in the same unit: time per task, error count, output delivered, pass rate.
- At what scale? Look for how many products, customers, users or team members the work covered, and for how long.
- Can the candidate explain it? In the interview, ask them to walk through how the figure was measured. A candidate who did the work can explain it in a few minutes.
Tool names still help for context, such as which stack the candidate worked in. Read them after the change and the scale, not instead of them.
For a wider view of hiring in Vietnam, see our Hire Blockchain Developers in Vietnam: 2026 Employer Guide and the Vietnam Blockchain Talent Report 2026.
Looking for AI-ready engineers and professionals in Vietnam? Register your company at blockchainwork.net/employer-signup to search a pool of 25,000+ candidates across blockchain, Web3 and AI roles, or email our team at contact@blockchainwork.net to discuss the profile you need.
Frequently asked questions
Does BlockchainWork ignore AI tool names on a CV?
No. Tool names give context about the stack a candidate worked in. We read them after the change and the scale of the work, not instead of them.
How should a hiring team ask about the scale of AI-assisted work?
Ask how many products, customers, users or people the work covered, and for how long. Then ask how the candidate checked the AI’s output before it was used.
Is this approach only for engineering roles?
No. Lightcast found that over half of US job postings requesting AI skills in 2024 were outside IT and computer science occupations, so marketers, analysts and operations staff can show a change and a scale in the same way.
Why do you cite a 60% share of CVs with AI skills?
It shows that AI skills are common in our candidate pool, so a tool name alone separates few profiles. It comes from BlockchainWork CV data, July to October 2026.
Sources
- BlockchainWork, BlockchainWork CV data, July-October 2026 (2026)
- Microsoft and LinkedIn, 2024 Work Trend Index on the State of AI at Work (2024)
- Lightcast, Beyond the Buzz: Developing the AI Skills Employers Actually Need (2025)
- ManpowerGroup Vietnam, reported by Nhan Dan, Employers willing to offer higher compensation to candidates with AI capabilities and digital skills (2026)
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