| ▲ | 0xy a day ago |
| The open to work banner is an extremely negative signal. Nobody should use it. |
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| ▲ | epicureanideal a day ago | parent | next [-] |
| Unless 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? |
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| ▲ | el_benhameen a day ago | parent [-] | | I 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 a day ago | parent [-] | | It 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). |
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| ▲ | muzani a day ago | parent | prev [-] |
| There'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. |
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