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Start your first resume

Import the resume you already have, or start from a blank one.

What to do

  1. Open My resumes.
  2. Click Import resume to bring in a .docx, .pdf or .txt you already have.
  3. Or click Start from your LinkedIn PDF, and choose the PDF LinkedIn saves from your profile (More, then Save to PDF).
  4. Or click Start from scratch for a blank one.

This is the whole tool. There are no templates to pick and nothing to configure first, so the fastest way in is whichever button matches what you already have.

Importing reads your existing file and fills the fields in for you, so you are editing your own history rather than retyping it. Starting from scratch gives you the same empty form the import fills.

This step in the walkthrough, in context.

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