Let recruiters know you’re Open to Work
You can let recruiters and your network on LinkedIn know you’re open to new job opportunities with the #OpenToWork feature.
If you’re looking for a job, you can let recruiters and your network on LinkedIn know you’re open to new job opportunities. If you specify the types of job opportunities that you’re interested in and your preferred location, we’ll help your profile show up in search results when recruiters look for suitable job candidates.
With #OpenToWork you have control of who is able to see that you are ready to take on a new opportunity. You can choose who sees you’re open:
- All LinkedIn Members: This also includes recruiters and people at your current company. It also adds the #OpenToWork photo frame.
- Recruiters only: People using LinkedIn Recruiter only. To protect your privacy, we take steps to prevent LinkedIn Recruiter users who work at your current company from seeing your shared career interests, but we can’t guarantee complete privacy.
If you’re Open to Work in India:
You can specify notice period or availability to join and expected annual salary. This information is visible to recruiters only, regardless of your Open To Work visibility setting.
Adding your notice period or availability to join helps recruiters understand when you can start. Indicating your expected annual salary helps recruiters to assess alignment with their roles, and connect you to the right job opportunities faster.
Important to know
To protect your privacy, we take steps to prevent LinkedIn Recruiter users who work at your company from seeing your shared career interests. We take the current company on your LinkedIn profile marked as I am currently working here to know who to hide your Open to Work status from, however, we can’t guarantee complete privacy.
To enable the #OpenToWork feature:
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Click the
Me icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage. -
Click View profile.
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Click the Open to button.
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Click Finding a new job.
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Provide the requested information in the pop-up window that appears.
- You can choose whether all LinkedIn members or only recruiters can see that you’re open to job opportunities. If you choose to share with all LinkedIn members, we’ll add an #OpenToWork photo frame to your profile photo.
- If you are Open to Work in India, you can specify notice period or availability to join and expected annual salary. This information is visible to recruiters only, regardless of your Open To Work visibility setting.
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Click Save.
Here's a tip
Some members may see Choose what you need in your next job instead of Open to Opportunities.
You can edit or remove the #OpenToWork feature from your LinkedIn profile at any time:
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Click the
Me icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage. -
Click View profile.
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Click the
Edit icon from the Open to Work box (at the top of your profile). -
Edit the information you previously provided.
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Click Save.
Click Delete to disable the feature. You can re-enable it at any time, but your previous preferences won’t be saved.
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Click on the
Jobs tab. -
In the left-hand rail, click Preferences.
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In the Preferences window, click the arrow next to Open to work.
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Update the following settings to show what kind of work you're open to:
- Job titles
- Location types
- Locations
- Start date
- Employment types
- Visibility (who can view you're open to work)
- For Open to Work in India, notice period or availability to join and expected annual salary (visible to recruiters only)
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Click Save.
To enable #OpenToWork from your LinkedIn profile:
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Tap your profile photo.
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Tap on your profile photo again to access your profile.
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Tap the Open to button in your introduction card (at the top of your profile).
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Tap Finding a new job.
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Provide the requested information in the screen that appears.
- You can choose whether all LinkedIn members or only recruiters can see that you’re open to job opportunities. If you choose to share with all LinkedIn members, we’ll add an #OpenToWork photo frame to your profile photo.
- If you are Open to Work in India, you can specify notice period or availability to join and expected annual salary. This information is visible to recruiters only, regardless of your Open To Work visibility setting.
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Tap Save.
You can edit or remove this information at any time:
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Tap your profile photo.
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Tap on your profile photo again to access your profile.
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Tap the
Edit icon from the Open to work box (at the top of your profile). -
Edit the information you previously provided, and tap Save.
Tap Delete to disable the feature. You can re-enable it at any time, but your previous preferences won’t be saved.
Important to know
If we notice that you stop responding to InMails from recruiters, we'll email you to confirm that you're still open to work. If we don't receive confirmation, we'll automatically remove the #OpenToWork feature from your profile until you manually enable it again.