SkillLedger turns what you can actually do into verified, portable evidence — then connects you to safe, legally structured opportunities. No résumé required. Just proof.
Millions of young people build genuine skills outside the classroom — then hit a wall the moment they try to turn that skill into an opportunity.
Capable young people are filtered out of real freelance work simply for lacking a job title to point to.
Portfolios and résumés can be exaggerated, outdated, or AI-generated — so businesses can't tell who's actually credible.
Because trust can't easily be verified, genuinely skilled beginners get paid far less than the work is worth.
Not a résumé. Not a one-time certificate. SkillLedger builds evidence through assessments, real projects, and outcomes — and keeps it current.
Choose a skill category and complete a structured, blind-graded assessment — not a self-rating.
AI-assisted review plus qualified human reviewers confirm the work is genuinely yours.
Every challenge, project, and outcome adds fresh, dated evidence to your public profile.
Apply to legally reviewed, guardian-visible opportunities matched to your verified level.
Six levels, each requiring more proof than the last. Levels decay without fresh evidence, because skills evolve.
Pick a category. We'll hand you a genuine SkillLedger-style task and simulate the review pipeline — assessment to verification.
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Approve participation, monitor payments, pause access, receive safety alerts.
Contact masking and automated risk detection — never hidden identities.
Every business is checked before it can reach youth talent. High-risk clients are blocked.
No paid opportunity goes live until age, activity, contract, and payment pathways clear review.
An initial hypothesis of 8–10% per completed project — not treated as proven until pilot data confirms it.
Optional advanced assessments and specialized skill certification.
Advanced talent search, verified access, hiring analytics, saved talent pools.
Schools, NGOs and youth programs pay for assessment, credentialing, and dashboards.
Long-term: organizations integrate SkillLedger verification into hiring and scholarships.
Verification data, outcome history and reputation graphs get stronger with every project — apps can be copied, evidence can't.
TAM is global youth talent, institutions and employers. SAM narrows to digitally-native youth across South Asia. SOM is our first pilot cohort across India, Nepal and Bangladesh — the markets we're starting in first, before expanding globally.
Every number below is tagged the way SkillLedger tags its own metrics internally: what's real, what's a pilot result, and what's a target.
Controlled pilot cities in all three countries at once: 50–100 users, 10–20 guardians, 10–20 businesses per market. No public marketplace yet.
Run assessments, verification experiments, and controlled projects across the three launch countries.
Real paid projects, payment infrastructure, transaction fees — live in India, Nepal and Bangladesh.
Scale from pilot cities into each of the three countries nationally.
Take the proven model into new regions beyond South Asia.
A global trust layer for emerging talent, everywhere.
Join the India, Nepal & Bangladesh pilot as a young creator, a guardian, or a hiring business.