Finding Your Workforce On WhisperApp ; - )

It's been awhile since I blogged about one of my most favorite apps, Whisper. Of course one of my post about Whisper has been number one on my top ten most popular post on this blog. Not picked by me, but by how many readers hit on that one. There is virtually no chance that anyone of my other post will ever be able to beat it, except my current rising star on my blog, my daughter Shayla. She got on the top ten in days, and no one has done that, except Whisper. 

When I had first discovered Whisper I was immediately addicted to it. As the months went by and life hit some hardships for me, I stopped Whispering. Then every once in a while I get on it, and the most amazing things happen. I meet great people. Funny people. Good people. 

Just this week alone I have met two perfect candidates to hire for my startup Passdown. Yep, I think I could hire my entire workforce from Whisper App. I can't tell you how many developers I've met on Whisper, and of course you can find Venture Capitalist and Angel investors too if you so seek. As an employer I'm not interested in posting an ad in Craigslist or some other form and getting ninety applicants to read though. I kind of like, just bumping into people randomly. Discovering who they are in real life. 

As earlier this week Shayla and I were at the mall and I found a potential great sales woman, who surely could sell Passdown. I saw her in action and I hope she will be a future employee.

Now you may wonder how I find people to hire on WhisperApp, if it's anonymous. I talk to them in the chat area. It's so funny cause often times the chat room conversations are not about seeking employment. Shhh, can't tell you what they are about. I find that people are actually pretty damn honest, since it is anonymous, unless you choose to share more. 

If you take away all the nerves a person would feel when interviewing for a job, well, than you get the real person. Of course I did find a few people I hired from Whisper for my last startup, and well, they didn't work out. I had to fire them. Good practice for me. They both were good people, but not good workers. 

I will have to have some other checks in place to hire these future employees, one of them will be to be interviewed by my co-founder Wael. As a startup builder, I like to be creative and do things the non traditional way. I do not want to hire the traditional way, that's boring. There are great potential workers all around us, we just have to stumble upon them in ways neither side expected. 

Enjoy your Whispering and keep your mind open for the unexpected!