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Open to Work

Meaning in job interviews & careers, with examples

phraseCommon term

In job interviews & careers, Open to Work means: A LinkedIn setting and label showing that you are looking for a new job, either privately to recruiters or publicly with a green frame on your photo.

In Turkish: iş arıyor, yeni fırsatlara açık, işe açık

How it is used

People talk about turning on Open to Work or adding the #OpenToWork frame. In conversation and messages, 'I'm open to new opportunities' is a more general, polite way to say you are willing to hear about jobs.

Example sentences

  1. I turned on Open to Work so that only recruiters can see it.

  2. After the layoffs, many people in my network added the Open to Work frame.

Common collocations

  • turn on Open to Work
  • Open to Work frame
  • open to new opportunities
  • #OpenToWork
  • LinkedIn profileYour personal page on LinkedIn, the professional networking site, showing your photo, headline, experience, skills and education.
  • recruiterA person whose job is to find and select people for jobs, either inside a company's HR team or at an external agency.
  • networkingMeeting and keeping in contact with people who work in your field, so that you can share information and hear about opportunities.
  • connectionA person you are linked to in your professional network, especially someone you have added on LinkedIn.

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