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4 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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Taylor Desseyn built her LinkedIn SEO and personal brand deliberately, then turned on Open to Work. Within a week she got direct messages and recruiter outreach from people who didn't know her. She says the strategy works and the feature generates real opportunities before you apply.

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What you wanted to prove is all the things you've been doing and impacting the public, you wanted for that to speak for yourself. Yes. I had referral links that I denied. So many people reached out to me via DM, dropping me links. For you. All over the place. In addition to actual recruiters who don't know me, I had hits. And that's because I built up the SEO of my LinkedIn page. The point is, my brand was doing what I wanted it to do. My theory was proving out well. Unbelievable. I'm getting goosebumps. It's so good. And even before applying, having recruiters reach out and say, hey, have you Considered XYZ company. And that happened multiple times. So the open to work actually does work? It 100% works. Within the same week, I had people reaching out to me.