🚀 Introducing Vetted! Product announcement + landing page feedback request

Hey IndieHackers! My name is Nick and I'm starting a new project called Vetted.

tl;dr: the landing page for review can be found at https://vetted.camp, but of course I'd appreciate if you read the full write-up below!

The problem 🤔

The software engineering job application process is a mess. Every time a software engineer submits a job application, they enter a screening process that may include hundreds (or thousands) of other applicants. I have chatted with recruiters about how they handle this huge number of applicants. There are several approaches, all of which are suboptimal:

The Applicant Tracking System (ATS) auto-filters the vast majority of résumés out based on nebulous criteria
The recruiter spends less than 30 seconds reviewing a résumé before tossing it
The recruiter finds the first ~20 acceptable résumés and gives them to the hiring manager

And this is the best case scenario! Many smaller businesses and startups don't have the luxury of having dedicated recruiters. In those cases, managers and employees are often spending hours they could be doing product work reviewing résumés instead.

Candidates and companies are getting a raw deal, one that Vetted aims to fix.

The idea 💡

Vetted is a reverse job board SaaS offering. There are plenty of reverse job boards out there, so Vetted aims to stand out by focusing on quality over quantity: there will be a detailed review process to have your profile added to Vetted. As an applicant, you'll actually have your résumé and side projects reviewed by another software engineer. As a company searching for software engineers, you'll know that every profile you look at has been carefully reviewed.

This model uses one of my favorite startup tips: use your small size to your advantage. At a small scale, I can afford to review candidates personally. As the service grows, more scalable models can be added as different service tiers.

Next steps

As my post title suggests, I'm quite early on in the process. I have a landing page at https://vetted.camp that I'd appreciate any feedback on.

Other things I need to figure out:

I need to do some discovery on whether this is something truly needed by companies and recruiters.
I need to suss out my target audience: I believe the biggest need is for small business and startups.
I need to figure out pricing models. It will be free for applicants but will cost money for employers. Probably a subscription cost plus possibly a commission on each job placement. Still TBD.

I also need to, you know, build the product! But that's the relatively easy part since I'm a software engineer by trade.

I would love your feedback

I'd love any thoughts you have, fellow hackers! Any questions about the idea, thoughts on viability, thoughts on the landing page, etc. It's all welcome and will help me determine the product's viability and, if it's looking promising, build the best product possible.

Thank you!

Nick
https://vetted.camp
https://www.indiehackers.com/product/vetted

P.S. If you are interested in future product update, please follow the product here: https://www.indiehackers.com/product/vetted