Should you put LinkedIn on your resume?

Include your LinkedIn profile on your resume when it is current, relevant to the application, and ready for the employer to read. Put the profile link with your contact details near the top. You can leave it off when it adds little or needs updating, unless the application specifically requests it.

Keep your main qualifications on the resume itself. A profile can add context, but the reader should not need to open it to find evidence that you meet an important requirement.

Decide whether the profile helps this application

Before adding the link, check what the profile contributes:

• Useful supporting detail: It might show a fuller work history, a relevant project, or more context about work summarized on the resume.
• Accurate information: Employers, job titles, dates, and credentials should agree with your records and the resume. Update a role still marked as current if you have left it.
• Information you want to share: Review the profile and its visibility settings before directing an employer to it. You do not need to make every available section public just to fill a resume field.

If LinkedIn is optional and your resume already supplies the relevant evidence, you can apply without the link. If a form requires a profile you do not have, ask the employer how to proceed rather than entering someone else's profile or an invented URL.

Keep the facts aligned without copying every sentence

A tailored resume and a broader LinkedIn profile can emphasize different parts of the same work. They do not need identical summaries or bullet lists. The facts behind those choices still need to agree. The resume tailoring guide explains how to change emphasis while preserving your history.

Nadia Brooks and the examples below are fictional. Nadia worked as an Administrative Assistant at Birch Cove Supply from March 2023 to August 2026. She scheduled service appointments, maintained a shared calendar, and prepared weekly invoice summaries for the office manager. She did not approve payments or manage the office budget.

For an application focused on scheduling, her resume could show:

Her LinkedIn experience description could retain a broader account of that role:

The second version adds a task without changing Nadia's title, dates, or level of responsibility. Calling her a Finance Manager or saying she controlled the budget would contradict the example's facts. So would leaving the role marked “Present” on her profile after it ended in August.

Compare your own versions the same way. Different wording is fine when it describes the same true work. Resolve conflicting facts using your records rather than copying an error from one document to the other.

Copy the profile URL and check what opens

Copy your public profile URL from LinkedIn's profile settings. Use the URL for your own profile, rather than a search result, your home feed, or a single post. If you customize the URL, save that change in LinkedIn first, then copy and test the resulting URL. Do not delete characters from an existing URL just to make it look shorter.

Use readable URL text alongside your email and phone number. A clickable link helps in a digital document, while visible text also gives someone reading a printed copy a URL to use. Keep the text large enough to read, even if the contact details need another line.

Open the link while signed out to see what a visitor can reach. LinkedIn may still ask visitors to sign in to view parts of a public profile. That prompt alone does not prove the URL is wrong, and public visibility does not guarantee that everyone sees the full profile. Confirm the URL belongs to you and check your visibility settings. Public profile sections can also appear in search engine results, so choose which sections you want visible. Keep essential application evidence in the resume regardless.

Add the link in Better Resume and inspect the PDF

In Better Resume, open the Contact section and find Links. The first link row is already set to LinkedIn, so paste your profile URL into the adjacent field. Use Add link if you need another row, then choose the link type for it. To omit an optional profile, clear its URL or remove that row.

The finished resume displays the URL with your contact details and makes it a link in the PDF. Update your LinkedIn profile and its visibility settings separately.

Choose Preview to inspect the resume, then use Download PDF on the preview page. Open the downloaded file, read the displayed URL, and test the link. After changing your profile URL, update any saved versions of your resume that contain the old URL, then export a fresh PDF for future applications. Review any separate LinkedIn field in the application form too.

Use the common resume mistakes guide to check the rest of your resume before submitting it.