How to Customize Your LinkedIn URL

I always advise my clients to put their LinkedIn URL on their resume. However, you don’t want to use the standard URL, you want to create a custom URL, because the default has numbers and characters in it like this:

https://www.linkedin.com/pub/kristin-sherry/8/475/987

Instead of this:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinsherry​

You want your URL to emphasize your brand, which the extraneous characters detracts from. Here are simple instructions how to give yourself a “vanity” LinkedIn URL:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140424124611-12064186-how-to-customize-your-linkedin-public-profile-url

All the best to you!

Kristin

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