LinkedIn's new tools just made it tougher to pad your resume

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• LinkedIn might verify your next job update to the site.
• LinkedIn will verify companies, recruiters, and executives.
• The news comes amid rampant job and recruitment scams.

The job market is tough enough already -- but recruitment-related scams make it tougher. On Thursday, LinkedIn outlined several ways it's making its platform more trustworthy to mitigate scams and executive spoofs.

Verifying members 

LinkedIn is rolling out three new verification options that will authenticate companies, recruiters, and executives.

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"These updates help ensure that the people and organizations you engage with on LinkedIn are who they say they are," the company writes in a press release.

LinkedIn is increasing Company Page verification to all companies with a ...