Stanford study finds many US LinkedIn users edited their past job histories

A New Indian Express Quick Take, in the paper's editorial section, picked up a study of LinkedIn profile edits. The piece said researchers from fields such as organisational psychology and labour history are increasingly mining the professional networking site for data, and singled out a paper titled 'Time travel on professional profiles', written by a team led by Stanford University economist Nicholas Bloom. It shows, the piece said, that a fifth of US LinkedIn users went back to revise their past employment histories. The Quick Take called that natural enough, since users highlight skills reflecting job market mutations, and said the interesting part is the sharp difference in retroactive edits after 2022, when users started using AI chatbots. It closed on one subject it says is screaming for more attention in labour economics research: the skills job seekers are highlighting as automation increases.