LinkedIn Has New Verification Features – Small Business Trends

Published: Apr 16, 2023 by Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead In Small Business News 0LinkedIn has announced multiple new ways for users to verify their identity, work email addresses and places of work.LinkedIn has partnered with both Microsoft Entra and CLEAR – two of the pre-eminent digital identity verification technologies – to help ensure LinkedIn remains a source of trusted and verified information. The new verification methods are free to use, with CLEAR for verifying identities and Microsoft Entra for verifying work places.LinkedIn first offered new verification options to boost authenticity last year, introducing profile features that helped verify identities as well as detect and remove fake accounts.Now these three new verification methods will take the authenticity of the platform to the next level. As well as being able to verify your identity and work place through CLEAR and Microsoft Entra, you will also be able to verify your work email address.The Vice President of Product Management at LinkedIn, Oscar Rodriguez, explained the importance of authenticity in a statement on the LinkedIn news website, saying: “Authenticity matters. On LinkedIn, when you show that you’re the real you, you’ll have an even greater chance of finding the professional opportunities that matter to you and
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