A platform for matching skills with careers
City alumnus James Grant is helping job seekers to find their careers through Weavee, the algorithm he has created.
The 2015 BSc Computer
Science with Games Technology graduate felt that beyond matching candidates with jobs, job seekers needed
a platform to help them find a career
suiting them, based on their skills and abilities. During his time at
City, James completed the Professional Pathway scheme run by the Professional
Liaison Unit (PLU) within the School of Mathematics, Computer Science & Engineering.
Weavee was first
envisioned as a social networking website.
After a period of technical development it was launched
as a minimum viable product (MVP).
However, while he was working as a freelancer
at Hays Recruitment, he 
discovered that Weavee would be more valuable as a
recruitment tool. Based on this, he started working on an IT job-matching
algorithm with a distinctive interface which is now awaiting a patent. Weavee is currently
based on a matching algorithm which James would like to grow into an entire
testing suite which helps a person find their skills and discover their abilities.
Providing a unique service
Weavee works
alongside businesses in the recruitment and candidate selection industries and James says he is attempting to provide a unique service:
“We have a B2B model and after talking to recruitment agencies it became apparent that there was a gap in the market. No one sells purely to the 20,000-plus recruitment agencies in the UK.”
James thinks this
would improve the matching algorithm credibility with the intention of offering pre-tested candidates to agencies who want to place candidates, with
each profile providing an accurate description of each candidate.
PLU Manager Mohson Khan said:
"James is yet another example
of a Professional Pathway (PP) graduate who has used the PP experience to
fast-track an IT career - moving into a senior IT role or launching a tech business of their own."
Please visit this weblink for more information on Weavee.
A social networking site refers to any website that enables users to create public profiles within that website and form relationships with other users who access their profile. Social networking sites can be used to describe community-based websites, online discussions forums, chatrooms and other social spaces online.