One afternoon this summer, a tech employee I'll call Dylan received a meeting invitation out of the blue. Labeled "private and confidential," the mandatory call was set for 10 the next morning. A ...

After social media manager Jensen Rubinstein was let go from her job in January, she put the green “Open to Work” banner up under her LinkedIn profile photo. Along with a short post about the reason ...

LinkedIn’s ‘Open to Work’ banner—iconic, visible, and emotionally charged—is a simple green ring around your profile picture that can say a lot about your job status. For some, it’s a lifeline to ...

A graphic designer replaced LinkedIn’s “#Open to Work” banner with a bright pink sign that read “#Desperate.” It worked. Courtney Summer Myers’ LinkedIn post with a #Desperate banner went viral, ...

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When searching for a new job on LinkedIn, candidates engage in various activities to enhance their prospects, including turning on the “open to work” banner. Introduced a few years ago, this banner ...

“It is the biggest red flag”: Nolan Church, former Google recruiter and current CEO of FairComp, on LinkedIn ‘open to work’ banner. When searching for a new job on LinkedIn, candidates engage in ...

Since LinkedIn introduced the ‘open to work’ (OTW) photo frame in June 2020, debate has raged over whether users should adorn their profiles with it. The ‘green banner’, as it’s otherwise known, ...

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LinkedIn's Open to Work feature allows you to be shown as a priority in recruiters' searches since you are actively searching and open to work. However, a former Google recruiter has advised ...