SkillZap — Test and baseline your skills across competencies

Hey there Product Hunters! 👋 While the corporate world is caught up in the storm of reskilling and upskilling, one important factor often gets overlooked. Will the skillset you take a test on or upscale yourself in be still relevant in the near future and how will it help you with personal growth? The job market has seen many shifts since the pandemic started and has become dynamic with its requirements. Experts are concerned about the increasing skill gap and the changing nature of specific roles. There is a saturation of information out there when it comes to what skill one should learn next. It often needs to be clarified for people who want to baseline their knowledge in an area they wish to progress. SkillZap has been designed to streamline and personalize this experience with skills, sub-skills, and targeted competencies. With more recruiters taking up skill-first hiring, degree and pedigree are quickly losing their importance. Recruiters now want to verify on-job skills. SkillZap provides a way to validate skills which has a higher impact factor than a wordy resume. There are many upskilling platforms that help you with self-evaluation tests, however, that is where it ends, there is no post-assessment analysis that sheds light on your performance in each competency or skill area. SkillZap also caters to individuals seeking personal growth. One effective way is through our behavioral assessments. There are questionnaires that will test leadership styles and value priorities along with those that show how well one can handle stress, among others. ⚠️The Problem 📈There has been a 33% Y-o-Y growth in LinkedIn job postings that do not require a four-year degree. These companies are on the lookout for skills, not schools. So upscaling is the need of the hour. 😕People are often unaware of what new skills are trending in a particular domain and how arming themselves with one will help in the long run. 👎There is a lack of discourse among peers and opportunities to connect with mentors all on a single platform. 😟The skill tests available in the market often only mention the scores in the report. There is no breakdown that will help the test-taker analyze the areas in need of improvement. 🤷There are hardly any resources that allow for skill benchmarking in line with industry standards 💡 The solution Through SkillZap’s assessment library, one can 🔑Access a wide range of assessments that cover various skill areas and over 600 competencies. 📊Test oneself across different skill maps and competencies, from technical skills to leadership qualities. 🗂️Have access to our comprehensive downloadable reports that provide detailed performance feedback ⭕Identify strengths and weaknesses in different skill areas, enabling one to focus on those that require improvement. 💬Get recommendations on areas that need work and ways to improve. 💡The behavioral assessments provide an idea of one's personality and value priorities which help in knowing whether they are suited for certain kinds of work and work environment 💬 Upcoming features Course recommendations based on the assessment results. A network of mentors across industries who will provide 1:1 consultation according to the user's needs. A community of people looking to learn related skills to facilitate the exchange of ideas and build healthy competition and cultivate kinship. Updates on job opportunities that fit the candidate's skill set.

I've always wanted to build that project ! Happy to see that people put time and energy in this idea 🙌 I like the result I got a question for you : How do you build your assessment questions and structure ? How do you make sure this is very insightful and genuine ? Because there is a risk for questions to contain bias

This is wonderful. I have been huge advocate to push on skills than degree on hiring. This definitely is something recruiting/hiring team can look at. Highly recommended. I would personally be assessing myself over few skills sets and feedback to improve on in coming weeks. Congratulations on the launch.

Seems like the idea is that this is for people in the market for a job, but I actually think there's an interesting use case for founders too. When I'm building products I'm switching between developer, product manager, digital marketer and other hats constantly, and I actually like the idea of using this to help me figure out which role I could benefit the most from learning more about.

Congratulations on the launch! 🎉 I just visited your site and I'm impressed with the variety of skill assessments. This is great!

Congrats on the launch. what was the biggest challenge you had to overcome to create the product?

👏 Kudos to you! 💫 This is an impressive accomplishment! 🐦 Let's connect on Twitter and share our insights!

Wow! This looks like a great product. Can't wait to test it.

looks like a solid tool. congratulations on launch!

Congrats on the launch!

Great and excellent product