{"id":727,"date":"2026-11-12T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goresume.io\/blog\/?p=727"},"modified":"2026-11-09T13:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T13:21:10","slug":"linkedin-profile-vs-resume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goresume.io\/blog\/linkedin-profile-vs-resume\/","title":{"rendered":"LinkedIn Profile vs Resume: What Should Be Different"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TL;DR:<\/strong> Your resume is short, tailored to one job and written without “I”. Your LinkedIn profile is your full story, written in first person and aimed at everyone. Titles and dates must match exactly; almost everything else can differ.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Many people paste their resume into LinkedIn, or their LinkedIn into a resume. Both miss what each one is for.<\/p>\n

5 things that should be different<\/h2>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/th>\nResume<\/th>\nLinkedIn<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Voice<\/strong><\/td>\nNo “I”, crisp bullets<\/td>\nFirst person, conversational<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Length<\/strong><\/td>\n1\u20132 pages<\/td>\nYour full story<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tailoring<\/strong><\/td>\nOne version per job<\/td>\nOne version for everyone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Headline<\/strong><\/td>\nYour job title<\/td>\nTitle + what you do + for whom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proof<\/strong><\/td>\nAchievement bullets with numbers<\/td>\nPosts, projects, media, recommendations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n
\"LinkedIn<\/figure>\n

What must always match<\/h2>\n