How to add a personal website to your resume

The UK National Careers Service suggests the contact section holds your name, phone number, email address and a link to a professional profile such as LinkedIn. A personal website sits naturally on the same line.

Where to put it

In the header, with your contact details. Recruiters look there first for ways to find out more. One line is enough:

Sam Rivera · sam@example.com · 07700 900123 · samrivera.com · linkedin.com/in/samrivera

Next to a specific project, if it's a portfolio. If one project is the reason to visit, link that page from the project's entry in your experience section, as well as the main address in the header.

Not in a separate "Links" section at the bottom. By the time someone gets there, they've already decided whether to look.

How to write the link

• Drop the https:// and www. They make the line longer and nobody types them. samrivera.com reads better than https://www.samrivera.com/.
• Make it clickable in the PDF. Most CVs are read on screen. In Word or Google Docs, select the text and add a link; check it still works after you export to PDF.
• Use a clean address. Your own domain looks tidy, and so does a short address on a builder, such as liite.co/samrivera. Avoid long addresses with random characters.
• Label it if it isn't obvious. "Portfolio: samrivera.com" helps if your site's purpose isn't clear from the address.

What the site should show

A recruiter who clicks your link has a minute, perhaps less. The site should confirm what the resume says and add something the resume can't.

1. Your name and the role you want, matching the resume.
2. Three to five pieces of work, each with a line on what you did and the result.
3. A downloadable CV, so they don't have to go back to the application.
4. A way to contact you that works on a phone.

Leave out anything you wouldn't say in an interview. Check that your page title is your name plus what you do; Google advises descriptive titles over vague ones like "Home", and that title is what shows when someone searches your name.

Making the site, if you don't have one

You don't need a big site. A single page with your name, a line about you, a few project links and your CV is enough. You could:

• start from the personal website template and link your CV as a PDF;
• use a portfolio page if your work is visual;
• build a developer portfolio if your work is code.

On Liite, a page on the Free plan costs nothing and lives at liite.co/yourname. Upload your CV as a PDF and it gets a viewer with pages, zoom and search, so recruiters don't have to download a file. For the full process, see how to make a personal website.

Put it in your email signature too

When you email applications, recruiters see your signature before your CV. Add the same short address there. You can make a simple signature below with your name, the role you're after and your site.

Before you send

• Click the link in your exported PDF.
• Open the site on a phone.
• Make sure the job title, dates and projects match the resume.
• Remove anything private, such as your home address.
• If you print the CV, consider whether a QR code on your resume actually helps.