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Internal Gig Marketplace
Put skills to work beyond the boundaries of formal roles
Virkware connects employees with structured, short-term gigs and projects across the organisation—helping managers access relevant capability while employees build skills, explore roles and contribute to work that matters.
Bring gig design, publication, staffing, execution, completion evidence and feedback into one connected lifecycle.
Opportunity meets capability
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What is an internal gig?
Structured, short-term work beyond the formal role
An internal gig is a short-term opportunity with a clear objective, timeline, roles and milestones. It allows employees to contribute beyond their formal role without requiring a permanent move.
Within Virkware, gig, project, initiative, Virk and stretch assignment refer to the same core opportunity type.
How gigs differ: A secondment is a temporary attachment whose detailed scope may evolve. An internal role is a longer-term move managed through the organisation’s mobility process.
Work gets done. People grow.
More than project staffing
Use short-term work as both a talent-deployment and development mechanism.
Short-term resource gaps
Reach relevant capability elsewhere when a team member leaves or workload rises unexpectedly.
Role exploration
Let employees experience another role—and managers learn more about internal candidates.
Experiential learning
Apply newly learned or aspired skills to real work and receive feedback.
Innovation
Mobilise people around ideas outside the formal project portfolio.
Cross-functional priorities
Form teams around AI, digital, compliance or operating-model needs.
Opportunity access
Help employees beyond familiar networks discover meaningful assignments.
From idea to completion and feedback
Support the work, not only the match
A complete lifecycle turns each gig into work delivered, experience gained and evidence that strengthens the future talent picture.
Structure
Objective, roles, timeline and milestones.
Publish
Open the opportunity across the organisation.
Staff
Recommend gigs and prospective contributors.
Execute
Track milestones, tasks, documents and chat.
Complete
Record completion and archive participation.
Learn
Feed experience and feedback into skills.
Experience returns to the talent pictureEnd-of-gig feedback contributes to cumulative skills information, strengthening the basis for future recommendations.
Govern participation without closing it down
Give employees room to contribute while respecting priorities
The organisation can set a weekly time threshold below which employees may participate without manager approval. Requests beyond that threshold can follow an approval workflow.
Virkware supports gig participation controls. It should not be described as enterprise capacity planning.
Value for people and the organisation
Build capability by putting it to work
Employees can practise skills, explore another role and build cross-functional relationships through meaningful assignments.
For managers and HR: access capability beyond the immediate team, address short-term needs, form teams around transformation priorities and create evidence about participation and development.
Where it matters: organisation-wide reskilling, AI and digital transformation, innovation, agility and post-merger integration.
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Internal Gigs FAQs
How does Virkware match people with gigs?+
Virkware uses skills and aspirations to recommend gigs to employees and prospective contributors to Gig / Project Managers. People retain the decisions that follow.
Does every gig require manager approval?+
No. The organisation can set a weekly participation threshold. Requests beyond it can follow a manager-approval workflow.
Can Virkware support the work after staffing?+
Yes. The gig workspace supports milestones, tasks, documents, team communication, completion evidence and end-of-gig feedback.
Is a gig the same as a secondment?+
No. A gig has defined objectives, roles and milestones. A secondment is a temporary attachment whose scope may remain broader or evolve.
Your People. Your Potential.
Turn hidden capability into meaningful contribution.
Explore how Virkware can bring opportunity, people, work and feedback together in one internal gig lifecycle.