Unfortunately, this also means that companies miss out on great candidates (and candidates miss out on great roles).
Whispered was created to connect executives and companies, while respecting the need for confidentiality. To catalyze these connections, we’ve developed a way to “whisper” roles that helps everyone, including:
Companies: Reach top passive candidates confidentially
Recruiters: Extend the reach of searches without revealing client details
Executives: See unposted roles you wouldn’t otherwise see
What is unique about a whispered role™️?
whispered roles™️ combine the best of a posted role (reach) with the advantage of an unposted role (confidentiality).
Companies can’t whisper their own roles
Sometimes companies use recruiters to confidentially expand a search, but executives contacted will need to learn a company’s identity
Whispered works with companies (and recruiters) to anonymize a role and share it via our network
Interested executives can’t discover the company identity, but can submit their interest
How does a whispered role™️ work?
Whispered roles™️ are free for companies and recruiters to share. We provide this service because it creates greater access to roles for strong executives. Below is the process for whispered roles™️
1) Submit Role: Companies or recruiters can submit a role to Whispered.
You control the confidentiality of each role you submit (see all options). Select “Unposted - Whispered members + key communities” to request that we whisper your role
Include details in the “Notes” section that clearly articulate the:
Scope of the role (functions, team size)
Criteria you are evaluating candidates on
You can also submit a role to just Whispered members (our default role setting) The whispered role™️ option is an additional amplification we do for select roles based on the criteria below. |
2) Role Reviewed: Whispered reviews each role before it is published. To be eligible to be amplified by our network, each role must:
Be Unposted: There isn’t much point in whispering a posted role ;-)
Be Senior: Whispered focuses on VP+ level roles with venture (or PE) backed companies
Have Clear Requirements and Evaluation Criteria: We can only amplify roles that have clear criteria that allow executives to evaluate fit without knowing the name of the company. If we require more information to amplify a role we will contact you.
Submitted by Person Evaluating Candidates: As we send a list of interested candidates to the person submitting, we can only amplify roles beyond Whispered that are submitted by a company or recruiter leading the search.
We will endeavor to support all whispered role requests but given the extra coordination for whispered roles™️, we reserve the right to limit role distribution to just Whispered members. |
3) Role Anonymized + Amplified: Whispered will anonymize the description and share it with you for feedback before we share it beyond Whispered. Whispered will share this role anonymously with key community leaders relevant to your function. We will only share:
An anonymous description of the role
The criteria you are evaluating candidates on
This link to submit their interest (executives can only submit if they have the criteria)
4) Executive Application and Connection: Whispered will enrich and filter candidates who express interest
We enrich each candidate and provide the following fields to make filtering candidates easy
We provide additional data on executives endorsed by recruiters or Whispered
You can connect directly with candidates or Whispered can make introductions to those you are interested in speaking with
“We partnered with Whispered on our Head of RevOps role. They quickly introduced us to a number of great, vetted candidates and materially helped our time to hire!” Doug, President @ Kustomer
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