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To add a resume to your LinkedIn profile, open your profile and go to Add Profile Section > Add Highlights. Click the + icon and select “Add Media,” then browse for your resume file. Alternatively, upload your resume to the “Easy Apply” job listings or post it to your LinkedIn feed.
Adding your resume on LinkedIn allows recruiters to see your career accomplishments and potentially contact you for open positions. You can upload your resume to your profile, a job listing, or a regular news post. We’ll show you how to do all of that.
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Why upload your resume to LinkedIn?
If you already have a LinkedIn account, you may wonder what the point of adding a resume is – can’t employers learn the same thing by looking at your profile? Well, unless you’ve made your entire profile public, they won’t be able to see it until you’ve added them as a connection. Making connections is time consuming and inconvenient in the fast-paced world of recruiting, and a public profile puts your privacy at risk.
If you upload a resume to your profile, your profile visitors can get a brief summary of your skills and background and share the resume with recruiters and employers. Saving your resume to your account settings will allow you to complete applications faster, and posting your resume to your feed puts you in front of everyone in your network. You can only earn by uploading your resume to LinkedIn, and it only takes a few clicks, so let’s get started.
Advice: In case you don’t have a resume yet, you can generate one using the existing career details in your LinkedIn profile.
Upload your resume to your LinkedIn profile
One way to display your resume on LinkedIn is to add it to your profile. This allows readers of your profile to view and download your resume. Please note that you cannot use this uploaded resume to apply for jobs on the platform; for that, you will have to follow the second section below.
To start adding your resume to your profile, launch your preferred web browser on your desktop and open LinkedIn. Log in to your account on the site.
Then, in the upper right corner of the site, click Me > View Profile.
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On your profile page, under your name, click “Add Profile Section”.
In the “Add to Profile” window, select Recommended > Add Featured.
Next to the “Featured” heading, select the “+” (plus) sign and choose “Add Media.”
You will see the “Open” window of your computer. Here, navigate to the folder containing your resume and double-click on your resume to upload it.
In the “Add Media” window, click the “Title” field and type a title for your resume. Optionally, fill in the “Description” field. Then save your changes by clicking “Save” in the bottom right corner of the window.
And your resume has been successfully uploaded to your LinkedIn profile.
Save your resume for job openings
To make applying for jobs faster, you can upload and save your resume in the settings menu of your LinkedIn app. This way, the next time you find a relevant job opening, you can have LinkedIn automatically attach your resume to your application.
Note: You may only use your uploaded resume to apply to jobs that display LinkedIn’s “Easy Apply” button. If a listing only shows “Apply”, it will redirect you to that company’s website and you may need to upload your resume there.
To upload your resume for later applications, head over to the LinkedIn site and sign in to your account. Then, from the menu bar at the top, select “Jobs.”
On the left sidebar, click on “Application Settings”.
A “Job Application Settings” page will open. Here, in the “Manage your resume” section, click on “Upload resume”.
Note: Your resume must be in DOC, DOCX, or PDF format. It must also be 5 MB or less in size.
You will see the “Open” window of your machine. Here, open the folder that contains your resume and double-click your resume file.
And your selected resume is successfully uploaded to LinkedIn.
The next time you see a job listing, simply click the “Easy Apply” button and you can use your saved LinkedIn resume to apply for the job.
Enjoy the convenience of applying for jobs on LinkedIn!
Showcase your resume in a LinkedIn post
Like all other social networking sites, LinkedIn allows you to create and publish public posts. You can add your resume to these posts and let your followers see it in their feed, ideally drawing the attention of an employer in your network.
To use this method, go to LinkedIn, sign in to your account, and select “Start a Post” at the top.
In the “Create a Post” window, you’ll enter the text that will accompany your resume in your post.
First, click on the large text field and add a few sentences in your post. This could be related to why you are uploading your resume, where your experience lies, or something similar.
Then at the bottom, click “Add a document” (an icon of a paper).
You will see a “Share a document” window. Here, to upload your resume from your computer, click “Choose File.” To add your resume from Dropbox or Google Drive, select the appropriate option.
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In the “Open” window on your computer, navigate to your resume folder and double-click the resume file.
Back in the “Share a Document” window, click the “Document Title” field and enter a title for your resume. Then, in the lower right corner of the window, select “Done”.
In the “Create a post” window, add other details if you like. Then, publish your post along with your resume by clicking the “Publish” button.
And that’s it. Your post will appear in your audience’s feed, allowing them to read your text content and see your uploaded resume.
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