Help Wanted

hen more than 47 million people voluntarily left their jobs in 2021, the exodus became known as the Great Resignation. But experts who’ve studied the movement would say that’s a misnomer. It was really more of a Great Reshuffling. People weren’t leaving the workforce so much as they were seeking better opportunities and employers. “It’s actually something that transcends the pandemic,” says Drew Carter, co-founder of St. Louis-based startup Whistle, an app intended to help employers support Carter says. “It accelerated that trend of saying, ” That’s where Carter and co-founder Chris Dornfeld think their company can help.