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 ...

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. The ...

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.

"There’s been a lot of discourse about how the #OpenToWork banner puts off recruiters and hiring managers, because it makes you come across as desperate," Myers, 28, wrote on LinkedIn. "Frankly ...

All of which suggests that, stigma aside, you'll be missing out on opportunities if you don't turn on the public banner. LinkedIn's data shows that public Open to Workers get 40% more messages ...

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Myers disagrees, saying the banner is just common sense. She explained: "LinkedIn is a platform that's made for networking and connecting with people, and we do that because it's going to help us ...