How to create a short, custom LinkedIn profile URL

By default, your URL will be something like: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruairi-spillane-245b5b42.

Fortunately, LinkedIn allows you to create a short and custom profile URL. You can simplify it to something like: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/ruairispillane.

Here, we explain how, step by step.

Steps for creating a Short LinkedIn profile URL.

1. Go to your profile.

Log in to your account and click ‘Profile’ from the menu at the top of the screen.

2. Edit Your Intro

On your profile page, click the pencil icon located on the right side of your profile photo.

This will open the “Edit Intro” section. Scroll down to the bottom of this section until you reach the “Contact Info” area, and then click the “Edit Contact Info” button.

3. Edit Contact Info

This will open the “Edit Contact Info” window.

Then click the “Open in new window” icon.

4. Edit your public LinkedIn Custom URL

This will open a new tab titled “Public Profile Settings”

On the first section, titled “Edit your custom URL”

Click on the pencil icon beside it.

Your new URL will begin with www.linkedin.com/in/. You get to choose what goes after this, but we recommend a combination of your first name and last name. For example, www.linkedin.com/in/ruairi-spillane

5. Click on”Save” And you’re done!

Now you have a short, custo LinkedIn profile URL.

Next Steps

You can now use this URL on your resume, business cards, or any other document that’s likely to be viewed as a printed file.

We strongly recommend including your LinkedIn profile on your resume. A resume is simply a quick overview of your career history. Your LinkedIn profile gives you the chance to expand on your achievements and gives employers a chance to learn more about you if they so wish.

It’s important to have a short, custom URL on your resume. Yes, some employers will be viewing a digital file, and can simply click on the long, clunky link or copy and paste it into their browser.

But many recruiters will be looking at a printed file. If you’re trying to impress them, make their life simple. Don’t give them a long series of random characters to try to type – give them an easy, custom LinkedIn profile URL instead. It shows that you’re keen to impress, and have taken the time to work on your recruitment tools.

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