Job skills website creates some of its own with 50 vacancies

AN Irish technology company which has developed a website enabling people with skills to connect with those who need them is increasing its own workforce.

Weedle, based in Blackrock, Dublin, already employs 19 people, and is to create 50 jobs in the development of next generation web applications over the next three years. Thousands of people from over 50 countries and all walks of life have used Weedle, a free service which has been online for just three months, to showcase their skill, expertise or talent. They can also head to Google, with the Weedle users’ skill pages turning up first on the search results.

Those who have joined Weedle include artists, accountants, architects, beauticians, carpenters, copywriters, doctors, designers, electricians, photographers and vets.