SkillSyncer

SkillSyncer is a job-search assistance platform founded in 2018 by a US Army veteran, primarily built around ATS (applicant tracking system) resume optimisation. Its core tool compares a user's resume against a specific job description, assigns a match score from 0 to 100, and surfaces missing keywords. Users can apply auto-optimise suggestions or use a bullet-point generator to rewrite experience entries. A Chrome extension integrates directly with LinkedIn and Indeed so job seekers can scan postings without leaving those sites. Pricing runs around $14.95 per month on a monthly plan, with a free-tier option; this positions it well below Jobscan at roughly $49.95 per month.

Alongside its resume tools, SkillSyncer hosts a layoff tracker that aggregates data from verified news sources, company announcements, and SEC filings, presenting tech-sector workforce reduction figures alongside TrueUp and similar services. In 2026 the platform surfaced data consistent with other trackers: 267 layoff events affecting approximately 185,894 workers in tech. The tracker contextualises the cuts by role, flagging computer programmers, customer service workers, and content writers as high-displacement categories, while highlighting machine learning infrastructure and healthcare roles as relatively insulated.

Web research on SkillSyncer is thin beyond review sites and its own pages; independent audits of its ATS accuracy or layoff data methodology are not publicly available. The platform is a modest-scale commercial product rather than an institutional data source, and its layoff figures appear to draw from the same public disclosure pool as TrueUp and Layoffs.fyi rather than proprietary research. Coverage of its layoff tracker should be understood in that context.