Because the end date was left empty. An Experience entry saved without an end date is stored as a role you still hold, and your profile prints it as running to Present. Education behaves the same way. Open the entry, give it an end date, and save.
The rule the form follows
Each Experience entry has a checkbox reading I am currently working on this role, and a start and an end date. There are three ways to fill that in and three outcomes.
- Checkbox ticked. The end date is cleared and ignored. The role is current.
- Checkbox unticked, end date filled. The entry shows the range you gave.
- Checkbox unticked, end date empty. The form reads a missing end date as a role that has not ended, ticks the box for you and saves it as current.
There is no fourth outcome. You cannot store a finished role with no end date, so if you cannot remember the exact month, choose the nearest one rather than leaving it blank.
Education does the same thing
The checkbox there reads I am currently studying on this course. Leave both it and the end date empty and the course is saved as ongoing.
Achievements do not
An achievement carries a received date and an expiry date, with an option for no expiry. Nothing about an achievement turns into a current one, so a blank date there does not cause this.
Correcting an entry that reads Present
- Open your profile editor and go to About.
- Find the entry in the Experience or Education card and open it for editing.
- Untick the current checkbox if it is ticked. While it is ticked the end date is ignored, so setting a date without unticking changes nothing.
- Enter the end date.
- Save.
If the entry refuses to save at all, that is a different problem. See Profile edits failing.