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Import your CV or your LinkedIn profile

Start Work & education from a file you already have. certo reads it once, suggests the lines, and you choose what to keep. Nothing is added until you say so.

  • The file is not kept
  • Every line starts as Claimed
  • You choose what to add

Save your LinkedIn profile as a PDF

LinkedIn can turn your profile into a PDF in a few seconds. That PDF is what certo reads as a LinkedIn export.

  1. Open linkedin.com on a computerSave to PDF is on LinkedIn's website. The mobile app does not have it.
  2. Go to your profileClick Me at the top of the page, then View profile.
  3. Click More, then Save to PDFMore is the button under your name and headline. LinkedIn makes a PDF of your profile and downloads it, usually as Profile.pdf.
  4. Keep the file where you can find itYou do not need LinkedIn's full data archive (Get a copy of your data). The profile PDF is enough.

Import it into certo

The same steps work for a CV and for the LinkedIn PDF. You can import more than one file, one after the other.

Open Work & education
  1. Open Work & educationIn your passport's menu.
  2. Choose Import CVThen CV for a CV file, or LinkedIn export for the PDF from LinkedIn.
  3. Pick the fileA PDF, Word, RTF, Pages or ODT file of up to 10 MB. A LinkedIn export is always a PDF.
  4. Check each linecerto suggests your jobs, education, volunteering and career breaks, and what else the file says: a summary, skills, languages, certifications, projects and awards. Lines that need a decision, such as which company you mean, come first.
  5. Add the ones you wantNothing is saved until you add them. You can change any line later, like one you typed.

What happens to what you import

  • The file is not keptcerto reads it once to suggest lines and keeps neither the file nor its text.
  • Every line is ClaimedAn imported line is your own word, like one you typed. It changes only when the employer or school confirms it, after you ask them.
  • Your LinkedIn addressIf the file names your LinkedIn profile, certo offers to add it to your contact details. Sign in with LinkedIn there to verify it.
  • Languages and levelsA level shows only where the file gives one from A1 to C2, and a mother tongue only where the file says so.