It’s normally good advice to keep one’s work and love life separate, but this young entrepreneur has built a tech company that does just the opposite. Amber Wanner is the founder and CEO of CandiDate, a Philadelphia-based tech recruiting company also does matchmaking. Whether a candidate is looking for a job, a significant other, or both, CandiDate has the services to help. The business is based off of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Both a person’s love life and career have major implications for that person’s capacity to reach self-actualization. Amber wants to help people achieve self-actualization by giving them opportunities to achieve both professional and personal goals.
To me, this sounds like a crazy idea, but it’s both working and profitable! Amber’s company initially helps bring people to the city and give them a source of income. After settling in with the company, a recruit can use the services of the company to try and find love. Jobs bring people to the city, but love keeps them around. I’m excited to see just how profitable this business can become in Philadelphia and if it will expand to other cities or even countries.
Great post! This is quite a concept, and definitely not something that people would typically think of. It is very interesting that this is working, yet at the same time not surprising at all. If you are a young professional wanting to meet other young professionals outside of your workplace, why not have an app that brings such people together for love?
Boy is this an interesting idea for a business. It is so true though, when I think about the future the two questions I usually have are, what will my job be, and who will I marry. So to have a website that helps you find answers to both of these questions is a great idea. I would be interested to hear reviews from users to see how they liked it, but I think this is an awesome idea!