Unemployed people who are open to work are now being transparent about their urgent need for a new role, adorning their profiles with a new LinkedIn banner that reads “#Desperate.” ...

It's not uncommon to see an #OpenToWork circle around a profile picture on LinkedIn, but one hopeful hire is standing out with a new banner choice that sends a strong message. Courtney Summer ...

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.

LinkedIn's Open to Work feature allows you to be shown as a priority in recruiters' searches since you are actively searching and open to work. However, a former Google recruiter has advised job ...

Now some job seekers are plain #Desperate. LinkedIn has long had a green profile-picture banner with the hashtag #OpenToWork. It lets workers broadcast their availability in the hopes an ...

“It is the biggest red flag”: Nolan Church, former Google recruiter and current CEO of FairComp, on LinkedIn ‘open to work’ banner. When searching for a new job on LinkedIn, candidates ...

A LinkedIn user has gone viral after she recently paired a "#Desperate" banner with her profile image on the social networking website. Courtney Myers, a graphic designer and illustrator based in ...

The ‘Open to Work’ badge on LinkedIn gets a bad rap, say some experts. Here’s how you should be using it in your job search. After social media manager Jensen Rubinstein was let go from her ...