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A growing number of job seekers are going back into old LinkedIn positions and adding AI skills that had no place in those roles when the work was actually happening.
Researchers call this "time travel," the act of editing a job that ended years ago to make a career history look more current with what today's hiring process rewards.
Those researchers say the behavior is a direct response to a tough job market where demonstrating AI competency has become one of the first things hiring systems check for. The basic mechanics are simple.
LinkedIn lets users edit any past role at any time, and the platform does not flag those changes to recruiters. A person who left a position years ago can go back into that listing and add AI-related skills today.
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