Unfortunately, knowing how and when to use them isn't always straightforward. Take LinkedIn's "Open to Work" feature, for example. Starting in 2020, the platform's users have been able to add a ...

But career experts differ on their opinions about LinkedIn's "open to work" banner, the green sign that shows up just under ...

A former Google recruiter says LinkedIn's "Open to Work" tag is a "red flag" for hiring managers. Nolan Church said it comes across as desperate and called it "the worst social media feature." ...

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.

Globally, more than 220 million people currently have turned on the "open to work" feature, either privately or publicly, according to LinkedIn. That's a 35% increase from around the same time ...