LinkedIn is trying to help put a stop to recruitment scams by requiring anyone with a recruitment-related job title to verify their place of employment. Executives will have to go through the same process, while company page verification is now rolling out more widely too.
Existing recruiters won’t need to go through verification immediately, but anyone who adds or updates their job title to something related to recruitment, such as “Recruiter” or “Talent Acquisition Specialist,” will need to verify themselves. Expect to see scammers adopting off-beat job titles that aren’t on LinkedIn’s list.
Verification is free, and the simplest form only involves proving that you have a company email address. Oscar Rodriguez, LinkedIn’s vice-president of trust, wrote that the change “helps job-seekers identify legitimate recruiters and avoid scams.” LinkedIn already offers Verified recruiter labels, available to anyone with a paid LinkedIn recruiter license.
Executives will have to undergo the same process, with mandatory verification for job titles including “Executive Director” and “Vice President.” LinkedIn is also allowing more companies to verify their official pages on the platform. Previously limited access and only available by request, the verification badge is now open to any company with a Premium company page subscription.
LinkedIn introduced verification in 2023, and the company says that more than 80 million users have verified themselves since then. Earlier this year it expanded verification beyond its network, allowing Adobe and other platforms to display “Verified on LinkedIn” badges on user profiles.
