5/16/2023 0 Comments Linkedin open to work![]() ![]() It’s horrible and it totally screws up your search visibility because LinkedIn’s algorithm prioritizes keywords in the headline and most recent employer. And I would like to have a word with people who are adding their job search as if it was a position in their experience section, including the same damn description of what they are doing in their search. I'm not a fan of anything in the headline because your openness to new work does not define who you are. Stay away from the approaches that are gimmicky. Recruiters have adjusted their expectations after COVID. It happens to great people and you won't be judged for being out of work at this time. Try to stop being self-conscious if your position was eliminated. Recruiters without the fancy LinkedIn accounts know to search this if they want to find people who are currently out of work or otherwise actively looking. At the end, add the "hashtags" (which really are just search criteria since they are not linked) #ONO and #opentowork. If you want to communicate your interest more publicly, lead off with the fact that you are seeking a new position in your "about" section. Leverage the setting I linked to above and set it to show your interest to recruiters only (and therefore skipping the frame) Why #opentowork, why?įirst, understand that it's more important to communicate it in the right places and to make it searchable to RECRUITERS When you do a search of your own, you’ll see a results list that include photos and you will notice the ring of green on folks who have used this feature. ![]() What this photo frame essentially does is make your interest in a new position visible in search results and your profile when ANYONE does a search. What was once kind of subtle is not so much anymore. Here is info on how LinkedIn determines who sees your information. Here is more information on this feature. These settings can either be visible to recruiters (those using a LinkedIn Recruiter account) only, or to any-and-everyone (whomp whomp… cue the green ring). Now, I want to remind you (or make you aware if you aren’t already) that there are actually behind-the-scenes settings on your LinkedIn profile that allow you to express openness to new opportunities. LinkedIn settings that tell recruiters you are open to work The most effective approach is to make your interest clear to the right people - primarily recruiters - without negatively impacting their view of you when they look at your profile. A lot of what I do in my work is share with people HOW recruiters think. There are subtle and effective ways to demonstrate your interest in new positions and then there are ways that overdo your enthusiasm for new opportunities. I hate even using that word, but human psychology comes into play in the job search process because you are a human, recruiters are human, and humans make judgements and have perceptions of other humans. With all of these approaches, you have to balance your openness with the perception that you are desperate. You can spell it out in your profile headline or about section and/or you can have this green frame around your photo. Read details on that unfortunate and visibility-reducing approach here. There is an "employer" entry in the work history section (so you can add your job search as your current "position"). There are a number of ways to do it: there is a hashtag, (#opentowork). Expressing openness to new opportunitiesįirst, let's talk about expressing openness to new opportunities on LinkedIn. I recommend you remove the LinkedIn open to work photo frame and I am going to tell you why and how. Fortunately, you can add or remove the frame. What you are seeing is LinkedIn’s open to work photo frame and like it or not, it's connected to some of your settings on LinkedIn. Good, I’m going to tell you the truth about “open to work”/#opentowork on LinkedIn. You might have searched “how to remove open to work on LinkedIn” and landed here. You may have even noticed it around your own photo. If you've been on LinkedIn recently, you've probably noticed the green "open to work" (#opentowork) ring around some peoples' profile photos. ![]()
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