- TL;DR
- How do you turn a resumé into a QR code?
- Step 1: Export your resumé as a PDF
- Step 2: Upload the PDF to Tiiny Host
- Step 3: Name your resumé link
- Step 4: Publish and download your QR code
- Step 5: Add the code to your printed resumé and test it
- Step 6: Update your resumé and track visits
- How much does it cost to turn a resumé into a QR code with Tiiny Host?
- Turn your resumé into a QR code with Tiiny Host
- Frequently asked questions
How To Turn A Resumé Into A QR Code
Printing a QR code on your resumé gives a hiring manager a quick way to open the latest version on their phone.
It’s useful at a careers fair, or on the copy you hand over at an interview.
A basic static QR code points at one fixed web address, though, and if a new version of your resumé ends up at a different link, the printed code won’t show it.
In this article, I’ll go over how to turn your resumé into a QR code in six steps usingTiiny Host, our PDF and website hosting platform.
TL;DR
- Upload your resumé to Tiiny Host as a PDF under a link name such as yourname.tiiny.site.
- After you publish, Tiiny Host creates a QR code for that link, ready to download as an image for your CV or business card.
- As the code is tied to the link name, uploading a newer resumé to the same project changes what every printed copy opens.
- The simplest way to turn a resumé into a QR code is Tiiny Host, which handles the hosting and the code together, with QR codes included from the Tiny plan at $5/mo billed yearly.
How do you turn a resumé into a QR code?
You turn a resumé into a QR code by publishing it online as a PDF, then generating a code for its link.
QR codes hold a small amount of text, usually a web address. Your resumé has to be hosted somewhere before you can make one.
Pick the host with some care. If the link ever breaks, the code on every printed copy of your resumé breaks with it.
The first three steps get the resumé online, and the last three cover the QR code and keeping it up to date.
Step 1: Export your resumé as a PDF
Start by saving your resumé as a PDF.
Fonts and spacing stay fixed in a PDF, and the recruiter scanning your code sees the layout you designed.
Word and Google Docs both have a PDF option in their File menu. If you’re working from a .docx file, ourDOCX to PDF guide covers the conversion.
File size is rarely a problem, as the Tiny plan you’ll need for the QR code accepts PDFs up to 25 MB. That leaves room for templates with photos or heavy graphics.
Step 2: Upload the PDF to Tiiny Host
Opentiiny.host and drag your resumé PDF onto the upload box on the homepage, or use our dedicated Resume to Link page.
Tiiny Host displays the PDF in the browser, which means a recruiter can read it on a phone without downloading anything first.
The platform is built on Amazon Web Services, which is a sensible base for a link printed on paper that recruiters might scan weeks after you hand it over.
Note: For the QR code itself, you’ll need a Tiiny Host account on the Tiny plan or above.
If you’d like a portfolio or cover letter behind the same code, upload the PDFs together in a zip file. Tiiny Host links every PDF in the zip to one QR code, and on Tiny the 25 MB limit covers the whole project.
Step 3: Name your resumé link
Naming the link is optional on Tiiny Host, but worth doing before you publish. Whatever name you choose becomes the address your QR code opens.
Your own name works well, for example, yourname.tiiny.site, because a recruiter can tell whose CV it is from the address alone. If it’s already taken, add “cv” or a middle initial.
It also looks far tidier than a link ending in something like CV_2026_FINAL(2).pdf.
💡 You want to choose the name carefully, as the QR code is tied to it.
Renaming the link later produces a new code, and any copies you’ve already handed out would still point to the old address.
Step 4: Publish and download your QR code
Once the link name is set, click Publish.
TheQR code appears automatically after the resumé is published, ready to download next to your new link.
Save the image somewhere easy to find, such as the folder that holds your resumé files.
Losing the file isn’t a problem either. The code stays attached to your resumé project and can be downloaded again while the project is published.
Step 5: Add the code to your printed resumé and test it
I’d put the code in the header, beside your name and contact details, where it’s hard to miss.
You insert it into Word or Canva the same way you’d add a photo, and the same file works on a business card.
Keep it no smaller than about 2 cm (0.8 in) on each side, since very small codes are harder for phone cameras to read.
Underneath, print the link itself, for example, yourname.tiiny.site. It tells the reader what the code opens and gives anyone without a phone to hand a way to type it in.
➡️ Test the code with your own phone before you print a batch.
Pointing the camera at it should open your resumé in the browser.
Step 6: Update your resumé and track visits
Your first update comes straight after Step 5. Upload the version with the QR code on it to the same project to keep the online copy in line with the printed one, and send any later changes there too.
The link name and QR code stay as they were. Printed copies open the new version straight away, and so do the links in applications you sent last month.
Tiny also keeps a version history, handy if you ever need to go back to an older copy.
Each scan counts as a visit to your resumé link. Tiny’s built-in analytics show how many people viewed your resumé and which traffic sources sent them.
Solo adds tracked links for the applications you send by email.
They’re created from the project’s three-dot menu, under Share link and then Share & Track. Give each recruiter a separate one.
The Tracked links tab in Analytics then lists the visits per link, showing whose copy has been opened and who might be ready for a follow-up email. Scans of the printed code all count toward your main link, though, and can’t be traced to one person.
How much does it cost to turn a resumé into a QR code with Tiiny Host?
QR codes start on the Tiny plan, at $5/month when billed annually or $9 when billed monthly.
The free plan will host your resumé link, but it doesn’t include a QR code.
| Plan | Price | What it adds for your resumé |
| Free | $0 | One resumé link on a tiiny.site address, PDFs up to 0.5 MB, 5,000 visits a month, Tiiny Host banner on the page |
| Tiny | $5/mo yearly or $9 monthly | QR codes, banner removed, PDFs up to 25 MB, 10,000 visits a month, visitor analytics, version history, feedback mode |
| Solo | $13/mo yearly or $18 monthly | Custom domain, tracked links, password protection, up to 5 projects of 75 MB each, 100,000 visits a month |
| Pro | $31/mo yearly or $38 monthly | 15 projects, 500,000 visits a month, email capture, priority support |
| Pro Max | $74/mo yearly or $89 monthly | Unlimited projects, 2 TB of storage, 1,000,000 visits a month |
Tiny covers every step in this guide apart from the tracked links in Step 6.
Solo makes sense once you want tracked links or your own domain for the resumé link.
Links on the free plan stay up provided you sign in at least once every three months.
Also do note that paid plans carry a 7-day money-back guarantee. Thepricing page has the full breakdown.
Turn your resumé into a QR code with Tiiny Host
Starting from scratch, I’d publish the PDF under my own name first and leave the QR code until the link looked right.
After a test scan on my phone, the code would go onto the printed CV and any business cards.
Later edits would all go to the same project, so the copies already out there keep opening the newest version.
On the Tiny plan, the hosting and the QR code are both managed from the same Tiiny Host account.
You canupload your resumé free today and switch to our Tiny plan when it’s time to print.
Frequently asked questions
Is it free to turn a resumé into a QR code?
Hosting the resumé is free, though the QR code needs the Tiny plan at $5/mo billed yearly.
On the free plan, you get one PDF of up to 0.5 MB at a yourname.tiiny.site address, and signing up doesn’t ask for a card.
Will my resumé QR code still work if I update my resumé?
Yes. Uploading a new version to the same project leaves the link name and QR code untouched.
A new code is only created if you rename the link.
Do recruiters need an app to scan a resumé QR code?
No. The built-in camera on most modern phones reads QR codes, and the resumé opens in the phone’s browser.
Recruiters don’t need a Tiiny Host account to view it either.
Can I see who scanned my resumé QR code?
Not individually. Tiny’s analytics record each scan as a visit and show visitor numbers alongside traffic sources.
Tracked links on Solo can show which recruiter opened a copy you emailed them, but every scan of the printed code lands on the same main link.
Can I password protect the resumé behind my QR code?
Yes, password protection is available on Solo and above.
Whoever scans the code is asked for the password before the resumé opens. You decide who can open it by choosing who gets the password. On a printed copy, add a short note explaining how to ask for it.
