LinkedIn users are ‘time traveling’ by adding AI keywords to past jobs on their profiles

A new report shows that many job seekers are taking resume-fudging to the next level.

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There’s a new trend online called “LinkedIn time travel,” and it has nothing to do with a DeLorean.

The practice refers to users of the job networking site editing their former jobs, mostly to make themselves appear more qualified to hiring managers. According to a report from the National Bureau of Economic Research and Revelio Labs, which examined tens of millions of profiles, the trend seems to be widespread.The research found that one-fifth (19.7%) of users change the title or description of a........

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