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 ...

Dearest readers, It has come to this author’s attention that the digital ballrooms of LinkedIn are quite lively affairs these days. Yet, despite the ...

Your LinkedIn banner is visible on your LinkedIn profile, appearing as a sort of header for your profile. To change the banner, you'll have to upload a new image into the header.

Staring at a blank word document, waiting for LinkedIn ideas. Nothing happens. Each post feels harder than the last. You stare at your keyboard, losing confidence with every blink.

On LinkedIn, on Reddit, on X, on the very pages of this website, arguments for and against the feature are everywhere. Some consider the banner a job seeker's best friend.

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.

According to the outlet, over 33 million people on the platform currently use the banner. Also, those with the banner are “20% more likely to get messages from the LinkedIn community at large”.

A graphic designer has gone viral on LinkedIn with a bold new '#Desperate' banner, clapping back at claims that the 'Open to Work' feature makes job-seekers appear desperate.