LinkedIn has just made it easier to look for a job and hide it from your employer

LinkedIn has just made it easier for disgruntled employees to put themselves on the market without their current employer finding out.

The professional networking site is launching a new feature called "Open Candidate" which allows members to privately signal to recruiters that they're open to new job opportunities.

Users can specify the types of companies and roles they're most interested in.

Open Candidates is accessible from the "Preferences" tab on the LinkedIn Jobs home page. Users opt-in by checking the option "Let recruiters know you're open."

Likewise, LinkedIn will hide the Open Candidates signal from recruiters at the employee's current company and affiliated company recruiters.