"I am looking for a job" on a student website, a good thing or a desperate sentence? I saw that some students, even from top schools and who are giving faculty candidate talks are posting a sentence like, "I am actively looking for a job in ..". Is this a good thing or only shows a desperate job candidate?
Your professional website is a summary of who you are and how you are currently presenting yourself publicly.  If you are openly on the job market, then it is entirely appropriate to be frank about that fact on your website: just present it as a piece of neutral information, rather than making a big deal of it.