All of which suggests that, stigma aside, you'll be missing out on opportunities if you don't turn on the public banner. LinkedIn's data shows that public Open to Workers get 40% more messages ...

Unemployed people are no longer afraid to look desperate. A new trend on LinkedIn has prompted users open for work to use a banner reading "#Desperate" on their profiles to signal to employers ...

Courtney Summer Myers' LinkedIn post with a #Desperate banner went viral, gaining 147,000 likes. The post reignited the "Open to Work" banner debate, a tool seen as both helpful and desperate.

A LinkedIn user has gone viral after she recently paired a '#Desperate' banner with her profile image on the social networking website. Courtney Summer Myers spoke exclusively with PEOPLE about ...