LinkedIn has traditionally been 95% spam emails, 2% endorsements for witty banter, and 3% useful networking. But those numbers might have just been skewed to 90/2/8 with the addition of a new Open Candidates feature, which helps you secretly look for a new job.
The feature lets you privately indicate to recruiters that you’re looking for a new job. The idea is that you can snoop around the job market and see what openings might be available, without annoying the people you’re currently working with.
