As digital job opportunities rise in India, so have online hiring scams, leaving many jobseekers vulnerable to financial fraud and emotional distress. To strengthen trust and safety, professional networking platform LinkedIn has rolled out new verification features for its users in the country.
India is currently one of the fastest-growing digital job markets globally, but with rapid growth comes higher risk. Experts say that vigilance, awareness, and trusted tools remain the best defence against fraud. Reflecting this, adoption of LinkedIn’s verification features in India has surged 2.4 times over the past year as professionals seek greater assurance before connecting, hiring, or applying.
Three New Verification Features
LinkedIn has announced expanded company page verification, recruiter workplace verification, and executive job title verification.
Expanded company page verification will now be available not just to established firms but also to smaller enterprises with premium page subscriptions. This is expected to help smaller firms build credibility and trust with customers and jobseekers.
Recruiter workplace verification will require professionals with recruiter-related job titles to verify their workplace, assuring candidates that they are interacting with genuine hiring managers.
Executive job title verification will apply to senior leadership roles such as managing directors and vice presidents to curb impersonation at top levels.
Ongoing Safety Push
These steps build on LinkedIn’s wider safety efforts since 2023, which include job, recruiter, and identity verification. The company stated that its infrastructure blocks more than 99 per cent of fake accounts before they are reported, and between July and December 2024, it prevented over 80.6 million fake accounts from registering.
However, LinkedIn also stresses that technology alone is not enough. A company executive urged jobseekers to never share bank details before joining, avoid suspicious requests such as sending money or downloading unknown software, and be cautious of offers that appear “too good to be true.”
Safety Tools for Jobseekers
LinkedIn is also offering tools such as verification badges on job postings, scam message warnings, job filters to show only verified listings, passkeys for secure logins, and two-step verification for added protection.
With millions of fake accounts blocked and stronger verification now in place, the key challenge ahead will be ensuring jobseekers remain alert while navigating India’s fast-growing digital job market.
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