LinkedIn adds controls to verify work histories and company ties
New peer confirmations and company page controls aim to make claimed employment easier to check, while LinkedIn expands its identity partnerships.
LinkedIn is adding tools for members to confirm claimed work or study associations and for companies to manage accounts linked to their pages. The changes address false employment claims on a platform where work histories and credentials can shape professional opportunities.
Verified members can vouch that a colleague or classmate worked or studied with them during a claimed period. To vouch, members must have a verified profile, have been connected to the person for at least a year and use two-factor authentication. The feature confirms an association; it is not an endorsement of someone’s performance or character.
Company page administrators will be able to remove accounts falsely claiming employment from their page and related search results. LinkedIn is also testing a setting that would require workplace verification, such as confirmation through a work email address, before a member can associate with a page.
Removing an association does not change the member’s profile, which remains under their control. It removes the clickable link to the company page and means the work experience will no longer display as verified. LinkedIn says the controls focus on full-time employees; contractors and field workers may have other ways to establish their association.
The company is also adding Truecaller and PeerSpot to its identity verification partners, alongside Adobe and UserTesting. LinkedIn says its existing verification tools have been used by 115 million users and more than 700,000 companies. It has not specified when the new tools will be broadly available or how widely the workplace verification test is running.
