API for verified student skills and resumes to supercharge your campus hiring matches without integrations
Indie HR tech startups cannot compete with HandShake's dominance in the student hiring market due to inability to match advanced features and integrations without massive funding.
SkillSyncAPI lets indie platforms query a verified database of student skills, GPAs, and resumes via simple REST calls. Founders bypass building verification systems by tapping into crowdsourced, AI-validated campus data. Achieve Handshake-quality matching and trust signals affordably.
Bootstrapped indie HR tech founders and small teams building student/campus hiring platforms
Pre-verified student profiles with skill extraction API, updated daily from campus sources
friendly
Query students by skills/major/location
Extract skills from uploaded resumes
API returns trust scores for profiles
Top student suggestions per job
Download candidate lists
Push new profile alerts
Advanced query builders
Code snippets for popular frameworks
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No | |
| api_key | text | No |
| usage_quota | int | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| name | text | No |
| skills | text[] | Yes |
| school | text | No |
| verified | bool | No |
| updated_at | timestamp | No |
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| search_terms | jsonb | Yes |
| results_count | int | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| required_skills | text[] | No |
Relationships:
/api/students/searchSearch students by criteria
/api/resumes/parseExtract skills from resume URL/text
/api/matches/:jobIdGet top matches
/api/verifications/:studentIdGet profile trust score
/api/quotaCheck usage limits
/api/bulk/studentsExport list
No matches
Standard support
None
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 60 | 4% | $84 | $1,008 |
| Month 6 | 450 | 7% | $1,103 | $13,236 |
Query 100k+ validated profiles. No verification hassle for your indie platform.
Post API docs teaser on Hacker News 'show HN'; reach out to 20 indie HR on LinkedIn with free quota; partner with 2 no-code HR builders for bundles.
ATS integration
No student focus
Campus-specific data at indie prices
Growing proprietary verified student dataset creates speed/data moat
AI skills matching trend + campus hiring digitization surge
Student data compliance
Anonymized aggregates, consent flows
Data staleness
Daily cron updates
AI parse accuracy
Human review queue
Success: 10 pre-signups
Success: 90% match accuracy
Success: 100 queries day 1
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