How to Convert LinkedIn Profile to Resume in Seconds: A Super Quick Guide

Since you’re reading this, there’s a really good chance that you already have a good LinkedIn profile. In this short article, I’m going to tell you how to convert that painstakingly crafted LinkedIn profile to a resume.

While there are several ways to do that, I’m going to focus primarily on using Kickresume to convert it for you.

I have three reasons for that:

First, it’s very easy to do.

Second, it produces the best results out of all the tools I could find.

Third, as a co-founder of Kickresume, I can vouch for it (I also want to be transparent about this).

Finally, this guide won’t stop at converting a LinkedIn profile to a resume. While LinkedIn profiles and resumes are similar, they differ in several key areas. I’m going to show you how to make your new LinkedIn resume more resume-y (have I just invented a word?), tailor it to a specific job opening, and more.

How to prepare your LinkedIn profile for the conversion to a resume

While I can’t wait to get to the nitty-gritty of converting your LinkedIn profile to a resume, I feel like I should lay some groundwork first. (Even at the risk that the points I’m about to make may seem rather obvious.)

Before you start converting your LinkedIn profile to a resume, make sure that:

1. Your LinkedIn profile is filled with enough content. An empty profile makes for an equally empty resume. Make sure to complete at least the About, Experience, and Education sections of your LinkedIn profile. Fill these sections with enough content. A good resume should have at least a couple hundred words — and so should a good LinkedIn profile. Also, Kickresume has a (very reasonable) minimum word requirement of about 200 words for converting a LinkedIn profile to a resume.
2. Your profile is set to public. Since we’re going to use a third-party tool to convert your profile to a resume, your profile must not be set to private.

And that’s about it. As you can see, the whole setup is pretty straightforward. It’s mostly about making sure that you have a LinkedIn profile to work with and making it visible to public.

How to convert your LinkedIn profile to a resume in seconds (with pictures!)

Now, let’s finally get to why we’re here — converting your LinkedIn profile to a resume. I’m going to guide you through the whole process in detail, one step at a time. Here’s what you need to do to get your new LinkedIn resume:

1. Open your browser and go to LinkedIn.
2. Click the “Me” button in the top right corner, then “View Profile”.
3. In your browser’s address bar, select the URL, and press Ctrl+C (if you’re on Windows), or Command+C (if you’re on Mac)

1. Now go to Kickresume’s LinkedIn import website: Convert Your LinkedIn Profile to a Resume >>>
2. Paste the link inside the designated field by pressing Ctrl+V (Windows) or Command+V (Mac).

1. Press “Convert to Resume”. This will take you to the sign-up screen.
2. Sign up using your preferred method (for example your Google or Facebook account), just like you normally do.
3. Kickresume will now import your LinkedIn profile and turn it into a resume. You will see a quick pop-up window showing you the progress. This step only takes a few seconds.

1. Once the process is completed, you’ll be taken to another window where you can see your newly imported LinkedIn resume. Here’s a screenshot of the resume I’ve created using the LinkedIn profile of one of my friends.

1. Congratulations! You’ve just successfully created a resume from your LinkedIn profile.

Now, it’s perfectly okay to stop here. On the other hand, most people will want to further improve their newly imported LinkedIn resume — and rightly so. The resume you’ve got now is still in rough shape and still needs some tweaking. Let’s discuss some of the many ways you can go about it.

How to polish your LinkedIn resume and make it more interview-worthy

Some parts of your resume are already in place, others will need readjustment. After all, you’ve just transported your LinkedIn profile from its original context to another. We need to account for that.

If I were you, I’d make these changes first:

1. Format the individual resume sections. The original formatting of your LinkedIn profile can get lost during the import. We need to fix that. Take a look at your Profile, Work Experience, and Education sections and try to make them less of a wall of text. Insert line breaks, bullet points, or even bold text and italics where it suits the content. At the end of the day, if a text is easy on the eyes, it’s also easier to read. Recruiters will thank you for that.
2. Remove any LinkedIn-specific phrases. Your original LinkedIn profile might include phrases such as “Let’s connect!”, “Open to opportunities”, and the like. While these make perfect sense on LinkedIn, they seem out of place on a resume. Delete them.
3. Add resume-specific sections. There’s a good chance that your LinkedIn profile does not include your hobbies, skills, and other parts of your background that are normally found on a resume. Create dedicated sections for these and populate them with content. If you need help with that, Kickresume has a great guide on how to list skills on a resume , as well as a guide on how to include hobbies on a resume .
4. Tailor your resume to a job opening. If you want to maximize your chances of landing your dream job, you should tailor your resume to fit every individual job opening you’re replying to. Simply take a look at the job ad and look for any keywords that best define the job. These are usually skills, tools, and any proper nouns that you can find inside the job ad. Take these keywords and find a suitable place for them on your resume. This tactic will also help you pass most ATS checks that recruiters use to weed out unsuitable candidates.
5. Use AI to rewrite your resume, if necessary. If you feel like your newly created LinkedIn resume could use more polish, you can use the app’s AI Resume Rewriter . It will revise your resume sections and make them sound a bit more professional. The Rewriter will also use your industry’s language and jargon. Simply click “AI Writer”, then “Rewrite Section”. It works quite well, you may want to give it a try.
6. Pick a template and customize it. Possibly the best part about using Kickresume for converting your LinkedIn profile to a resume is the resume templates . Kickresume allows you to create a resume that visually stands out from the competition and leaves a great first impression on prospective employers. Click “Design” on the left, pick a template, and customize it in any way you want. The last time we counted there were more than one million different design combinations. Now there’s even more since we’ve recently added 7 more templates. (All right all right, that’s enough for a shameless plug.)

If you follow these six steps, you’ll get a resume that’s already head and shoulders above 90% of resumes out there. From my experience, in most cases that’s more than enough to get invited to the first round of job interviews.

Thank you for reading and good luck!