With 90% of hiring managers using LinkedIn to find and recruit candidates, LinkedIn has become an essential component of the job search. But should you add it to your CV? While the answer is often a resounding yes! there are a few caveats and best practices to make sure that your LinkedIn profile makes a positive impression when featured on your CV.
In this blog, we’ll take a look at the major considerations when it comes to adding your LinkedIn profile to your CV, and we’ll dive into the steps of how to do it effectively. Here’s what we’ll cover:
Placing your LinkedIn profile URL on your CV is a great way to give the hiring manager more insight into your experience, aspirations, and even your personality.
LinkedIn has become the place where professionals go to make connections, share their interests and achievements, and stand out among the myriad of job seekers. If you’ve been using LinkedIn for these reasons, your profile likely contains information that an employer can’t find on a two-page CV. Your LinkedIn profile helps the recruiter connect with you as a person and get to know more about you.
In certain industries like HR, tech, finance, media, business, and marketing, a LinkedIn profile is considered an essential part of your professional presentation while in other fields it may be seen as optional or simply nice to have.
There a specific situations where it makes sense to remove your LinkedIn from your CV. Here are some points to consider:
While LinkedIn is a great tool for many job seekers, it’s not required for every industry. If you work in retail, hospitality, transport and logistics, maintenance, construction, food and beverage or other service industries, it may not be necessary to maintain a LinkedIn profile in order to land a new job. There’s no harm in choosing to have one anyway, just make sure to keep it professional and in line with your CV.
Your LinkedIn URL should only be added to your CV once and should be placed in a prominent location, usually within the header at the top of the page or somewhere near your contact details.
One great way to add your LinkedIn URL to your profile if you are submitting your CV online or by email, is by adding a clickable link. Resume.io’s CV builder makes this simple with a handy box where you can add your profile link and label it either “LinkedIn” or give the URL.
If you think there’s a chance your CV might be printed either by you or someone else, make sure to type out your full URL so that the hiring manager can reference it from the paper copy.
Customize your URL
Did you know you can easily customize your LinkedIn URL? While the default option may contain a bunch of random numbers and symbols, you should update it to a clear combination of your first and last name to make your profile easier to understand and remember. This is especially important when adding it to your CV. Update this information on the right side of your profile in the box called “Public profile & URL”.
LinkedIn can be a great tool for your job search – if you know how to use it effectively. Here are some tips to consider:
A relevant, updated, and professional LinkedIn profile can be a great addition to your CV to give a recruiter a deeper understanding of your skills, personality, and background. Make sure your profile conveys the same message as your CV, otherwise you may confuse the hiring manager.
Add your profile once to your CV header. Resume.io’s CV builder makes this easy to achieve.