Your LinkedIn "Open to Work" banner is actually making you look desperate to top recruiters

I know the green banner is supposed to help but I have talked to a few high level headhunters who say it is a massive turnoff. It is the classic dating rule where people want what they can't have. When you put that badge on it tells a recruiter that you are an easy get and they immediately wonder why no one else has hired you yet.
I took mine off last month and changed my settings to "hidden" for recruiters only. My inbox went from dead quiet to three solid leads in a week. It creates a weird sense of scarcity that actually makes them work harder to pitch the role to you. You want to look like a top performer who is casually browsing instead of someone who is refreshing their email every five minutes.
It sounds harsh but the psychology of the job hunt is never fair.