# Study Finds One in Five US LinkedIn Users Edited Job Histories 2026-08-06T13:50:04+00:00 | Business & Economy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet A paper led by Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom found that one in five US LinkedIn users had edited their past employment histories. Researchers said some changes were routine attempts to highlight skills suited to changing job markets. The study reported a sharp change in retroactive editing patterns after 2022, when AI chatbots began gaining use. It examined how job seekers present their skills as automation advances, but did not establish that chatbots caused the edits or that the findings apply beyond US LinkedIn users. ## Coverage - newindianexpress.com Tags: AI, employment, labour market, LinkedIn, US study Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/study-finds-one-in-five-us-linkedin-users-edited-job-histories/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/study-finds-one-in-five-us-linkedin-users-edited-job-histories/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.