SkillGap AI

From Skill Gaps to Skill Growth — Instantly.

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Inspiration

Many students apply for jobs without clearly understanding what skills they are missing for their target role. Even though they work hard, they don’t know what to learn next, which course to follow, or what projects will actually help them become job-ready. This inspired us to build SkillGap AI, a tool that gives students clarity, direction, and a personalized learning path based on their actual resume and career goals.

What it does

SkillGap AI allows users to:

Upload their resume

Select their target job role

Automatically extract and analyze their skills

Compare them with real industry-required skills

Identify missing skills

Recommend the best learning resources

Suggest relevant projects

Generate a personalized career roadmap

View everything in a well-organized dashboard

It works like an AI career counselor that tells students exactly where they stand and what they need to do next.

How we built it

We built the project using Base 44 to generate and structure the application quickly. Our tech stack includes:

Frontend: React + Tailwind CSS

Backend: Node.js / Express

AI/NLP: Skill extraction & comparison using OpenAI models

Database: Firebase / Firestore

Authentication: Login/Signup for user management

Base 44 helped us rapidly generate components, backend endpoints, and accelerate development while allowing us to customize the logic, UI, and AI workflows.

Challenges we ran into

Ensuring accurate skill extraction from different resume formats

Making the AI compare human-written resume content with standardized job role skills

Designing a clean, meaningful dashboard that makes analysis easy to understand

Fixing API issues and ensuring smooth communication between frontend and backend

Handling PDF/DOC parsing inconsistencies

Creating personalized roadmaps instead of generic recommendations

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Successfully built a working AI that identifies matched and unmatched skills

Designed a clean, user-friendly dashboard

Created a meaningful recommendation system (courses + projects + roadmap)

Implemented a full authentication flow

Turned a simple idea into a real, functional career-guidance tool

Used Base 44 effectively to speed up development

What we learned

How to integrate AI skill extraction into real-world applications

How to build structured skill-comparison models for job roles

Better frontend design practices for dashboards

Handling resume parsing challenges

Managing full-stack development workflows using Base 44

How important clear user guidance is in career-oriented tools

What's next for SkillGap AI

Adding live mock interviews and AI feedback

Integrating job postings and matching the user’s resume to open roles

Giving personalized weekly learning tasks

Adding progress tracking and certifications

Role-based skill quizzes

Advanced resume improvement suggestions

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