How to add your resume link to LinkedIn

LinkedIn is where most recruiters look first, so your resume should be one click away from your profile. The catch is that LinkedIn has no clean, permanent home for a resume file. The better move is to add a hosted resume link instead of wrestling with PDF uploads. This guide shows where the link goes on your profile and why a link works better than a file here.

Where to put your resume link on LinkedIn

LinkedIn gives you a few places to surface a link, and they're not equally good. Here's where each one actually helps.

• Featured section (best). This is the prime spot. A link added to Featured shows up as a clickable card high on your profile, right where recruiters look. It's clickable, prominent, and supports a custom title.
• Contact info → Websites. Add the same link here so it appears in the contact popup behind your profile's intro. This is the other reliably clickable placement, and it's where many recruiters expect to find external links.
• About section (pointer only). You can reference your resume in your summary, but LinkedIn does not make URLs in the About section clickable. They render as plain text. Use it to nudge people ("Full resume in my Featured section"), not as the link itself.

One word of caution about the obvious-seeming option, uploading a PDF straight to Featured. It works, but it's a static snapshot. You have to replace it by hand every time your resume changes, and it can't tell you whether anyone opened it. A link avoids both problems.

Step by step

1. Create your resume link first. If you don't already have one, follow our guide on creating a resume link to turn your PDF into a URL like rezume.so/yourname.
2. Copy your link.
3. Add the Featured section. On your profile, click Add profile section → Recommended → Add featured, then choose Add a link.
4. Paste your link and title it something clear like "View my resume", then save.
5. Add it to Contact info. Click the pencil to edit your intro, open Contact info, and add the same URL under Websites (you can label it "Resume" or "Portfolio").

That's it. Your resume is now reachable from two clickable spots on your profile.

Why a link beats a file on LinkedIn

Your LinkedIn profile changes over time, and so does your job search. A few things make a link the right fit here.

It stays current on its own. A profile you set up months ago shouldn't show a stale resume. The link's URL is fixed, so you update the file behind it once and every visitor sees the latest version. You don't re-upload to Featured or edit anything on LinkedIn.

It tells you what's working. A hosted link records views, so you can see when recruiters open your resume after viewing your profile. A LinkedIn PDF upload gives you nothing.

It travels with you. The same link you put on LinkedIn works in email, on job applications, and anywhere else. Your profile and the rest of your search all point to one resume.

Keep your profile and resume in sync

The whole point is that you maintain one link, not a scattered set of uploads. Add it to your Featured section and Contact info today, then leave it alone. Update the resume whenever you like and your LinkedIn profile stays current on its own. For the bigger picture of why a link beats an attachment everywhere, see how to share your resume online.