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The open to work banner is an extremely negative signal. Nobody should use it.
by 0xy 7mo ago
The open to work banner is an extremely negative signal. Nobody should use it.
- epicureanideal 7mo agoUnless you're desperate to feed and house your family and anything that shortens your search by a day might keep a roof over your head?
- el_benhameen 7mo agoI think the point is that the banner is more likely to extend your search by sending a negative signal than it is to speed up your search. Fair or not, potential employers often have a negative bias toward people who are unemployed, so indicating that you’re likely unemployed is unhelpful.
- bpodgursky 7mo agoIt would be far more effective to spin up a placeholder 1-person contracting firm as your current employment even if it's marginal work for pocket change (build websites for a friend or something).
- muzani 7mo agoThere's some data from Aline of interviewing.io who says it's a negative signal during a hot market but a neutral signal during a layoff market.
- esafak 7mo agohttps://interviewing.io/blog/whos-open-to-work-a-tale-of-two-labor-markets https://interviewing.io/blog/whos-open-to-work-a-tale-of-two...