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By now, you’ve probably seen the green badges splashed all over LinkedIn, advertising that person is #opentowork.
Whether Facetious resting and actively seeking a new position, or quiet quitting in their current role, more people are choosing to make their job-seeking pre-eminence known on the career site.
Globally, more than 220 million people currently have turned on the “show to work” feature, either privately or publicly, according to LinkedIn. That’s a 35% increase from around the nonetheless time last year, the company said, which showcases the challenging job market.
Linkedin Open To Work badge
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LinkedIn rolled out its “open to work” option in 2020. People can decide if they want to more discreetly signal their stature to recruiters only, or to everyone with a public green badge on their profile.
But is it always a smart move? Some recruiters are sprinted.
“There’s been such a massive debate on LinkedIn about the ‘open to work’ badge, with a mix of employers and recruiters decisively entrenched on both sides,” said Tatiana Becker, founder of NIAH Recruiting.
‘Avoid the green banner’
Debra Boggs, initiator and CEO of D&S Executive Career Management, has concerns about the green “open to work” badge or banner for those who make their job seeking pre-eminence available to all.
“You are bringing the focus to your employment status and away from your unique value in the market and qualifications for the situation,” Boggs said.
Meanwhile, Boggs said, “many recruiters and hiring managers feel that it makes a job seeker look frantic, which is not an attractive quality when looking for a stand-out leader to run a function or a business.”
For entry-level and mid-level job seekers, she call to mind they use the “open to work” option that only recruiters can see.
“That way, when recruiters are looking for qualified aspirants, you are still signaling to them that you are actively searching, but it’s not considered a red flag,” Boggs said.
But for everyone, she said: “Elude the green banner” that all can see.
Old-fashioned to see the green badge ‘as a red flag’
Yet Becker sees no shame in signaling your job pre-eminence to the world. “I say: Put the badge on,” she said.
In the past, being a job hopper was “looked down upon,” Becker said. But that metamorphosed when millions of people lost their employment during the Covid pandemic through no fault of their own, and later, with the heaves of layoffs that followed the over-hiring boom, she said.
“It’s old fashioned and biased to see the ‘open to work’ badge as a red flag,” Becker state.
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Plus, Becker said, why turn down the cure? The badge lets companies and recruiters more easily identify who is looking for a job, she said.
Indeed, using the “open to under way feature” doubles someone’s chances of getting a recruiter to message them, according to LinkedIn. Those who flash the amateur badge under the public option can up that likelihood by 40%, the company said.
“I think there are far more forlorn practices on LinkedIn,” said Tiffany Dyba, a recruitment consultant.
So where does all this leave you?
“Do what you have a is best for you,” Dyba said. “It sounds trite, but I really don’t think there is a right or wrong to the ‘open to work.'”