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 ...

So when LinkedIn 's VP of Global Solutions Mike Gamson described "pricing power" as "ours to deploy" at a recent J.P. Morgan conference, I took note.

LinkedIn allows you to customize your profile so that employers and other contacts can see you at your most professional. One of the things you might want to change is the banner that appears at ...

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 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.