Those details get verified during a background check.
Adding verification would prevent you from listing work experience that may not have participate in whatever verification process they use (startups, sole-proprietorships, odd jobs, etc.) so you would never be able to add them to your work experience.
Linkedin is just you posting your resume online for all to see. Any resume you can write whatever you want on it. It's been that way since far longer than linkedin's existence. It's up to whoever is hiring you to contact your previous employers and verify your employment, position, and job duties with them.
Wonder what kind of verification requirements you would need to "participate". Worked at a super small startup that was able to sign up for the whole Google Suite thing and get us emails with the custom domain. Would LinkedIn just compare the domain with the business name?
Don't do this! ever since I synced my work email, I have gotten a few emails from Linkedin (at least the headers say it's from them) saying my account was compromised. Could find no indication it was from regular login and sure as fuck wasn't going to click the link in the email (it wasn't a direct linkedin link). These came to my work email address.
I did it on mine. I believe the company account has to be verified (domain name listed for their website) and from this they just check that the email their sending is to that TLD.
Might be more on the verification, but that's what I stitched together.
And considering most jobs have you resubmit all info anyways linkedin is only really for people who want to look you up and see it you have any extra going on
Many employers now don’t check employment verification, and it’s crazy. They check if you have a criminal record and if you had the degree.
It’s insane, and as an interviewer you need to ask specific questions to trip them up (the fakers). But yes, LinkedIn lies are not only rampant, but they filter these clowns to the top and get more interviews.
i love the idea that i need my company’s approval to list my work experience. There just isn’t enough bureaucracy on the internet. They should even give my manager the six digit authentication number to share with me before i make a change. That’s what we need if I want employers to trust that i had an unpaid internship at Whole Foods.
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u/JitteryPheasant 9d ago
Those details get verified during a background check.
Adding verification would prevent you from listing work experience that may not have participate in whatever verification process they use (startups, sole-proprietorships, odd jobs, etc.) so you would never be able to add them to your work experience.