One address, one current version
Once you have an account, your resume lives at a fixed address: youcanfind.me/yourname.
Compared to sending a PDF, the difference is that an edit you save updates what everyone sees. Saving is the step that publishes it: the editor holds your changes until then, and the save puts them on the public page. A PDF is a snapshot of the moment you exported it; change something and you're resending, with no idea which version is sitting in whose inbox.
Getting the link
Build your resume at youcanfind.me/resume, then click "Get a shareable link". Sign in if you have an account; if you don't, signing up asks you to pick a username — that's the segment in your address.
What you typed on this device is loaded into the editor, ready for you to read over. Pressing "Save and go live" is what writes it to your account, so the account keeps its current content until then.
If the account already has a resume, after you save, the draft's content replaces the sections of that resume — an account holds one resume, so the previous sections give way to the ones in the editor. Your name and your one-line intro follow their own rules, and the two differ. Name: the draft's name is used when the account's name is empty, or when it is still the username that signing up filled in for you. One-line intro: the draft's intro is used when the account's intro is empty. In both cases a name or intro you have written yourself stays as it is.
Who can see it
Anyone holding the link, with no account and no login wall. When you're applying for something, the person reading your resume shouldn't be asked to register for a service first.
You can take the resume offline at any time, after which the address stops serving content.
Using both the link and a PDF
In practice you usually need both. Many application systems only accept an uploaded file, so a PDF goes there. Email bodies, personal sites, and social profiles get the link.
Both come out of the same editor. You don't maintain two copies.
On a phone
The page adapts to the screen. Two-column layouts collapse to one, and nothing requires horizontal scrolling.
What a link depends on
A link relies on the network and on the service being up, and neither is fully within anyone's control:
- The recipient's network may block it. Corporate firewalls, regional network conditions, and ordinary outages can all leave the page slow or unreachable.
- The service itself can go down. We work to keep it up, but no online service can promise uninterrupted availability.
- A link lasts as long as the service does. A PDF sits on the recipient's disk and depends on nobody.
For anything that matters, send both. Put the link in the email body so the reader can check the current version, and attach the PDF as the copy that opens without depending on us. The two formats cover each other's weak spots.
When a link isn't enough
When the other side explicitly wants a file. Some application systems only accept uploads, and some recruiters keep local copies to pass around. Send the PDF and don't argue with the process.