You built something. If it lives only on your laptop, a recruiter has to take your word for it, and busy recruiters don't. A public link they can click in five seconds is worth more than a paragraph describing the same work. Hosting it is free. Here's how.
A link a recruiter can click in five seconds beats a paragraph describing the same work.
Pick a free host
- GitHub Pages. Best for a static site or a project write-up. Free, and it sits right next to your code.
- Vercel or Netlify. Best for a web app or anything with a build step. Both have generous free tiers and deploy straight from a Git repository.
Any of the three gives you a real URL in under half an hour. Connect it to your repo once, and every time you push an update, the live site updates itself. That's the automation.
What to put on the page
A live link only helps if the page answers the recruiter's questions fast:
- One line on what it is and who it's for.
- A way to try it. A demo, or clear steps to run it.
- What you decided and why. Two or three sentences. This is what separates a real project from a copied tutorial.
- A link to the code, if there is any.
Skip the long autobiography. They're deciding whether to keep reading, not marking an essay.
A recruiter opens your project page. What should hit them first?
Link the proof, not just the project
If your project came with a credential, like a certificate, a scorecard, or a verification page, link that too. A result someone else validated carries more weight than your own description of it.
Give your work a URL. It's the cheapest, highest-return hour in your whole job search.
