Stats show LinkedIn’s ‘Open to Work’ badge works. Designers say it could be even better

If you’re a LinkedIn user, you recognize it instinctively: Anyone with a green ribbon around their profile picture is in the market for a new job, and they want everyone to know it. LinkedIn’s “Open to Work” badge, which has now been part of the platform for six years, has become a distinct visual shorthand for frequent posters on the platform. Recently, however, its merits have come under fire.  On July 19, Ben Lang, an engineer at the AI coding platform Cursor AI, took to X with a message…