Forget ‘open to work’ – job seekers embrace ‘Desperate’ labels on LinkedIn

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Younger workers are leading the charge to normalize behaviors that have long been taboo in the professional world. The latest trend they’re driving is being unapologetically open about how tiresome their job searches are, and how desperate they are to get hired anywhere.

On LinkedIn, users can change their profile to display an “open to work” banner –  but job seekers are now putting a banner on their profile photos that says “desperate” to make their situations abundantly clear.

It all started with a viral Linkedin post from Courtney Summer Myers, who first used the banner herself seeking work as

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