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 ...

Life LinkedIn user goes viral for creating a #Desperate banner while job hunting One user decided to push back on the negative opinions around the #OpenToWork banner. Oct. 16, 2024, 3:31 AM PDT ...

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.

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.