If you're old enough to remember when people applied for jobs by mailing in resumes and cover letters, you probably appreciate the convenience of sharing a LinkedIn link in resumes. The writers at ...

When you use LinkedIn, a professional social networking website, to post updates to your Home or Profile pages, LinkedIn automatically shortens any URL addresses that contain more than 26 characters.

Dear Sam: I have seen some resumes that list a LinkedIn address at the top. Is this a common practice? Can’t everyone find me on LinkedIn by searching for me by name? I don’t want to add clutter to my ...