How to Share Your Resume as a Link and See Who Viewed It

A PDF attachment is frozen the moment you send it. Fix a typo or add a new project the next day and the recruiter still has the old file. A share link always shows the latest saved version of your resume, so the person who opens it next week sees your best work, not last week's draft.

The second reason is feedback. Job searching often feels like shouting into a void. With a link you can see whether your resume was actually opened, how many times, on what kind of device and from which country. That tells you when to follow up and which outreach is landing.

Links are not a replacement for application forms that ask for a file upload. Use them where a link fits naturally: in a cold email, a LinkedIn message, an email signature, a follow-up note or a portfolio site.

1. 1

   Open Shares

   Click Shares in the top navigation, or the Share Resumes button on your dashboard. The page is titled Shared links.

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   Click Share a resume

   The Share a resume dialog lists all your resumes. Ones that aren't shared yet are shown first and marked Not shared. If you have more than five resumes, a search box helps you find the right one.

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3. 3

   Create the link

   Click Create link next to the resume. You will see Share link created, and the button turns into Copy link.

4. 4

   Copy and paste it

   Click Copy link and paste it wherever you need it. Links look like share.resumesketch.com/r/…, short enough for any message.

5. 5

   Check it yourself

   Open the link once from the row's menu (Open link) to see exactly what a recruiter will see before you send it.

Your link opens a clean page built around one thing: your resume. Viewers don't need an account and don't see anything else from your Resume Sketch account.

• A header with your name and the resume's target role.
• Your resume rendered in its template, exactly as it prints, with zoom controls for reading on any screen.
• Download, which saves the resume as a PDF named after you.
• Share, which copies the link so they can forward it to a colleague.
• A light and dark theme switch for comfortable reading.
• A small footer with the view count and a note that the resume was created with Resume Sketch.

Only the resume is shown. Your cover letter, other resumes, AI chats and account details are never part of a share link. If a link is disabled or deleted, the page simply isn't found.

Once you have at least one link, the Shares page becomes a small dashboard. Four tiles sit at the top: Active links, Total views, Viewed this week and Top device. Below them is the list of your links, with a Devices breakdown across all links and a Most viewed ranking alongside.

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Analytics for a single link

Open a link's menu and choose View analytics. A side panel shows Who opened this link, when, and from where: total views, when it was last viewed and when you created it, plus a log of individual visits.

Repeat visits from the same device within a few hours count once, so a recruiter who refreshes the page doesn't inflate your numbers.

Getting notified

When someone opens one of your links, a notification appears under the bell in the app header, showing the country and browser it was viewed from. Click Enable push in the notifications panel if you want browser push notifications too, so you hear about views even when Resume Sketch isn't open. View all shared links takes you back to the Shares page.

Every link has a menu (the three dots on its row) with Open link, Copy link, View analytics, and two ways to stop sharing.

Each link shows a status badge: Active, Disabled or Expired. Disabling is the right choice most of the time, for example when you accept an offer and want to pause your search without losing the link you put on your portfolio.

The limit counts active links only. Disabled links don't count, so on Free you can keep links for several resumes and switch which one is live. If you try to create or enable a link above your limit, Resume Sketch tells you to turn one off or upgrade. You can see how many you are using under Live share links on the Plans & credits page.

• Sharing a half-finished resume. Because the link is live, the viewer sees whatever is saved right now. Finish edits before you send, or share a separate copy.
• One link for every job. If you tailor resumes per role, share the tailored version for each application. On Pro and Max you can keep several live at once.
• Reading too much into zero views. Some people download PDFs from email attachments instead. A missing view isn't a rejection.
• Leaving old links live. Once a search is over, disable the links you no longer need. It also frees up your plan's live-link slots.
• Deleting when you meant to pause. Delete is permanent. Disable keeps the URL so you can switch it back on later.
• Not checking the mobile view. Many recruiters open links on their phone. Open your link on yours once.