Should you upload a resume file to LinkedIn or rewrite Experience?

Rewrite Experience and your headline so recruiters see the same titles as the PDF you send. Upload a file only as a Featured extra. Import a public LinkedIn URL or an evaluator export so the resume you send matches. Uploading a resume is not a live sync, and Featured documents do not replace About.

• Import path: how you import a LinkedIn profile. Welcome accepts a public URL.
• Evaluator: https://fluxresume.io/linkedin-evaluator/. Upload an export. No docs page lists score bands, so do not invent them.
• After import the resume lives in Documents, scoped to a Resume Profile.
• Titles and dates still have to match: how you keep LinkedIn and your resume aligned.
• Headline and About stay short: what your LinkedIn profile should say.
• Product onboarding: Onboarding.

Three LinkedIn stores, one rewrite​

LinkedIn Help lists three upload paths: Settings for future job applications, the Resume field during an application, and a file on your profile for people who view it. Profile display is the Featured section. You add it from Add profile section, then Recommended, then Add Featured, and upload media such as a document.

None of those paths rewrite Experience. Experience is its own section: Add profile section, Core, Add position, or the Edit icon on a role. About is a separate Edit about textbox. Headline sits under your name. LinkedIn Help says About is different from Headline. A Featured document sits beside those fields. It does not overwrite the textbox.

If you want a downloadable PDF on the public profile, Featured is the extra. Strip a home address and phone first, because Featured is for people who view the profile. If you only need a file for applications, use the Job applications settings page. LinkedIn stores up to four recently uploaded resumes there, including ones you pick under Resume on Easy Apply. That store is not your About paragraph.

Careerflow leftover is a larger LinkedIn optimizer suite. FluxResume leftover is none of that suite: import a public URL, evaluate an export, save a job tab.

How to turn a resume into the profile​

Open the PDF and rewrite Experience by hand so titles, employers, and dates match. Then rewrite the headline so the title a recruiter searches is the title on the file. Leave About alone if it already tells the same story in a few lines. Do not paste the whole resume into About.

FluxResume side: paste the public LinkedIn URL on Welcome, or upload an export to the evaluator, then fix the file you will send. Chrome save/clip is a job tab, not a profile rewrite. After import, run Job Based Resume on one live posting.

Official plan: https://fluxresume.io/pricing/.

PDF versus the searchable record: what is the difference between a LinkedIn resume PDF and your profile.

Common questions​

Should you upload the resume file or rewrite Experience?​

Rewrite Experience and the headline when titles changed. Featured PDF is optional. About stays a short profile, not a second resume.

Does uploading a resume replace About?​

No. About is its own Edit about field. Featured media and the Job applications settings store are separate. LinkedIn Help does not treat an upload as an About rewrite.

How do you update a resume on LinkedIn?​

Update the store you meant. Rewrite Experience and Headline for search. Replace the Featured document if visitors should download a new file. Replace the file on the Job applications settings page if applications should send a new PDF.

How do you turn a resume into a LinkedIn profile?​

Copy titles, employers, and dates into Experience. Rewrite the headline. Keep About short. Featured is a download, not the profile.

Does FluxResume rewrite your LinkedIn?​

No. Public URL or an export you upload. Chrome save/clip is for job pages.