LinkedIn is a great job search platform. If you’re looking for a new job, you can let recruiters and your network on LinkedIn know you’re open to new job opportunities right from your profile.
If you specify the types of job opportunities in which you’re interested and your preferred location, LinkedIn will help your profile show up in search results when recruiters look for suitable job candidates.
To protect your privacy, LinkedIn takes steps to prevent LinkedIn Recruiter users who work at your company and related companies from seeing your shared career interests, but LinkedIn can’t guarantee complete privacy.
To enable the #OpenToWork feature from your desktop:
- Click the Me icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage.
- Click View profile.
- Click the Add profile section button to the right of your profile photo.
- Click Intro.
- Click Looking for job opportunities.
- Provide the requested information in the pop-up window that appears.
- Click Add to Profile.
You can edit or remove the #OpenToWork feature from your LinkedIn profile at any time:
- Click the Me icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage.
- Click View profile.
- Click the Edit icon from the Open to Work box (at the top of your profile).
- Follow the prompts to edit the information you previously provided.
- Click Save.
Click I’m no longer open to disable the feature. You can re-enable it at any time, but your previous preferences won’t be saved.
To share your career interests from the Settings & Privacy page:
- Click the Me icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage.
- Select Settings & Privacy from the dropdown.
- Click the Privacy tab at the top of the page.
- Under the Job seeking preferences section, click Change next to Let recruiters know you’re open to opportunities.
- Switch the toggle to Yes to share that you’re open and appear in recruiter searches matching your career interests. Switch the toggle to No to stop sharing your career interests with recruiters.
To enable #OpenToWork from your LinkedIn profile from an iOS device:
- Tap your profile picture > View Profile.
- Tap Get started from the Show recruiters you’re open box in your introduction card (at the top of your profile).
- 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.
- Tap Add to profile.
You can edit or remove this information at any time:
- Tap your profile picture > View Profile.
- Tap the Edit icon from the Open to job opportunities box (at the top of your profile).
- Edit the information you previously provided, and tap Save.
Tap I’m no longer open to disable the feature. You can re-enable it at any time, but your previous preferences won’t be saved.
To enable #OpenToWork from your LinkedIn profile from an Android device:
- Tap your profile picture > View Profile.
- Tap Get started from the Show recruiters you’re open box in your introduction card (at the top of your profile).
- 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.
- Tap ADD TO PROFILE.
You can edit or remove this information at any time:
- Tap your profile picture > View Profile.
- Tap the Edit icon from the Open to job opportunities box.
- Edit the information you previously provided, and tap Save.
Tap I’M NO LONGER OPEN to disable the feature. You can re-enable it at any time, but your previous preferences won’t be saved.
Learn more about searching for jobs on LinkedIn and check out its best practices for finding a job.