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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

After getting frustrated from job hunting, Courtney Summer Myers decided to create a #Desperate banner on LinkedIn to fight stigma around the #OpentoWork banner. The result went viral.

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.

A LinkedIn user has gone viral after she recently paired a '#Desperate' banner with her profile image on the social networking website. Courtney Summer Myers spoke exclusively with PEOPLE about ...