Your LinkedIn profile URL: find it, customise it and put it where it helps.
Your LinkedIn URL is the link recruiters use to check you. A clean version with your name looks professional on a resume and is easy to type from a printed page.
Open your own profile and copy the address from your browser, or find it in your profile's contact information. Then customise it in your public profile settings so it uses your name instead of a string of numbers. Add the short version to your resume header, email signature and application forms, and check that it opens your profile when you are logged out.
How to find and use your URL
- Open your profile. Go to your own profile page while logged in.
- Copy the address. Copy it from the browser bar, or from the contact information on your profile.
- Customise it. In your public profile settings, edit the URL to use your name, adding a middle initial or field if it is taken.
- Shorten it on your resume. Write it without the 'https://www.' prefix to save space.
- Add it everywhere useful. Resume header, email signature, cover letter and application forms.
- Test it logged out. Make sure it opens the profile you expect. LinkedIn renames and moves menus from time to time, so look for these options by name, or search LinkedIn Help for the current steps.
Illustrative examples to adapt
Illustrative: every name, employer, school, date and number in these samples is fictional or a bracketed placeholder. Replace each bracket with your own true details; never copy a result you did not achieve.
Resume header with LinkedIn URL
When to use: Top of your resume.
[Your name] [City, State] · [email] · [phone] · [linkedin.com/in/your-custom-name]
Email signature
When to use: Every job-search email.
[Your name] [Role you want, or current title] [Phone] · [linkedin.com/in/your-custom-name]
Custom URL options
When to use: If your name is already taken.
First choice: [your profile address ending in first-last] If taken: [the same address with your middle initial added] Or: [the same address with your field added at the end]
Disclosure: TryHired makes HIRED, a paid job-search program, so we have a conflict of interest when we mention it. Every sample on this page is free to use without buying anything.
Where to use your LinkedIn URL
| Place | Use it? | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Resume header | Yes | Short, without https://www. |
| Email signature | Yes | Short form. |
| Online applications | Yes, when asked | Full URL. |
| Cover letter header | Optional | Short form. |
| Business card | Optional | Short form. |
| Printed resume | Yes | Custom version that is easy to type. |
The same line, rewritten
Illustrative example with placeholders.
| Version | Example |
|---|---|
| Weak | linkedin.com/in/firstname-lastname-4b7a29183/ |
| Strong | [linkedin.com/in/your-custom-name]: your name, no random characters |
Why it matters: A default URL with random characters looks unfinished and is hard to type from paper. A custom one is clean and memorable.
Before you send it
- You know where to copy your profile URL.
- It is customised with your name.
- The short version is in your resume header.
- It is in your email signature.
- It opens your profile when logged out.
- Your profile is complete before you share the link widely.
Mistakes to avoid
- Leaving the default URL with numbers.
- Putting a link that only works when logged in.
- Sharing the link before your profile is complete.
- Using a nickname or joke in the custom URL.
- Writing the full https://www. form on a printed resume.
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Questions people ask
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How this page is built
Written by Maid Dizdarevic, a career coach and 8x LinkedIn Top Voice. Advice is labelled as advice. Every sample uses a fictional person marked '(illustrative)' or a 'Your name' placeholder, and every employer, school, date and result is a bracketed placeholder for your own true details.
- What a specific employer screens for: always read the posting.
- Your results: we never invent numbers, and you should never copy a result you did not achieve.
- Outcomes: no resume, letter, profile or program can promise an interview or a job.
- TryHired editorial guidance by Maid Dizdarevic, career coach, Nov 4, 2026.