Especially in cases where a LinkedIn user isn’t very active and/or doesn’t have a large network, a post or updated headline update signaling that one is open to employment may go unread, but with the frame, there is a higher likelihood that an active job seeker will be “seen.” Using the #OpenToWork profile picture frame makes that possible and more widely visible. Read more: 6 Ideas for Picking a LinkedIn Cover Photo Pro: The #OpenToWork tag alerts recruiters and employers that you’re on the job market.īecause professionals engage and navigate LinkedIn in multiple ways, identifying oneself as an active job seeker is a great way to stand out from those who are not looking for new employment. The following are the pros and cons from my recruiter and career coach perspective of using LinkedIn’s #OpentoWork feature. As with any tool, though, there are advantages and disadvantages, especially for early adopters.

The feature allows for users to add an #OpenToWork frame to their LinkedIn profile picture and specify their career interests in an effort to connect them with relevant recruiters and employers, with them having to make a formal introduction. It was lovely.ĭuring this time, one of the main tools and resources at recruiters’ disposal, LinkedIn, introduced a new feature that lets recruiters know a job seeker is #OpenToWork. They then replicated that model to fill non-recruiting roles even when they weren’t the recruiter who was directly working on them. With the same enthusiasm they have for sharing open roles they were looking to fill, recruiters were sharing lists and referrals, making connections, creating hashtags, and building communities across social channels with the sole purpose of getting themselves and other trusted recruiters back to work. Given our unique positioning and influence in the hiring process, I was pleased, as a recruiter myself, when I witnessed many of us take a “secure your oxygen mask and then help others secure theirs” approach to finding new employment. But, unlike other periods of economic downturn when employment shortages were concentrated in certain sectors, loss of work during the pandemic was widespread across geographic locations, industries, career levels, and career fields. Discover our most popular and relevant resources for finding a job fast-at a company that cares as much about your career as you do.Ģ020 revealed that many long-held, go-to hiring practices needed to be disrupted, modernized, or eliminated.

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