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.

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 ...

If you just have an #opentowork green banner on your LinkedIn profile, it's not enough. You want to clearly describe your background, prior experiences, what you want to do next, the type of ...

The new feature wasn't subtle. The banner, which shows up at the bottom of your profile picture, blares #OPENTOWORK in bold white letters on a bright green background.