LinkedIn will now require some users to verify their identities before changing their work titles in an attempt to reduce scams on the platform. The new authentication rules will be particularly applicable to executives and recruiters who interact with job seekers or represent companies in one form or another.
As part of these changes, LinkedIn said adding or updating its title to any user (recruiter, talent acquisition, etc.) associated with the recruiter will have to verify their workplace on the profile. The same authentication rules will apply to executives, LinkedIn said, covering headlines such as “executive director, managing director and vice president.” Verifying your workplace requires you to provide an official email address using your company domain name. The new requirements only apply to those who change roles, existing recruiters and executives, and do not have to be verified.
LinkedIn offers similar verification tools to select companies on request, but now the platform says it will open options for each company with a new “Premium Company Page Subscription.” Verified companies should be more trustworthy when paired with verified employees.
Although LinkedIn is best known as the necessary evil home for thought leadership and job hunting, it is also home to a large number of fraud. Scammers imitate company employees posting from fake jobs or conducting elaborate investment plans, . LinkedIn has automated systems to eliminate fake accounts and launches an early wave Anti-affect characteristics Focus on job releases in 2023, but this new system should offer more security.
