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Question about the LinkedIn 'Open to Work' badge, took me 14 months to figure out it was hurting me
I had that green banner up for over a year and got maybe 3 callbacks, then took it down on a Tuesday and had 2 interviews by Friday, so has anyone else noticed recruiters pass over you when you look too available?
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the_lee1mo ago
The badge basically tells the algorithm you are already in the pile with everyone else who got laid off, so you lose the one thing that makes a profile pop, which is looking like someone who does not need the job. Recruiters read that green frame as a sign of low demand, since if you were good you would already be gone. Taking it down does not change your skills, it changes the story you tell before they even read your name.
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