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How to Add Promotion on LinkedIn (The Two Right Ways)
How to add a promotion on LinkedIn the correct way, whether you stayed at the same company or changed roles, plus how to control who gets notified about it.
By Animesh Kudake, Co-founder, Apna Project
The short version
- If you were promoted at the same company, add a new position under that same employer rather than editing the old title. This keeps your tenure intact and shows a clear progression.
- If you changed companies, add a separate new experience entry. LinkedIn will offer to update your intro, and that is the version most people mean by a promotion post.
- Turn off 'Notify network' before you save if you do not want an update sent to everyone. You can add the role quietly and announce it later on your own terms.
- A promotion not showing up is almost always a notification setting or a same-company grouping, not a bug. Check that the role saved and that 'Share with network' was on if you wanted the update.
How to add a promotion at a new company
If the promotion came with a move, add it as a separate experience:
- In Experience, click the plus icon to add a position.
- Enter the new company, the new title, and the start date.
- Set the end date on your previous company's role.
- Decide whether to update your profile intro, which is the headline and current-position line that show at the top.
This is the version most people picture when they think of a promotion announcement, because it changes the company at the top of your profile. That is also why the notification matters even more here.
Control who gets notified
Here is the setting that saves you from an accidental broadcast. When you add or edit a role, LinkedIn shows a toggle, usually labeled Notify network or Share with network.
Leave it on and LinkedIn posts an automatic update to your connections and followers announcing the change. Turn it off and the role is added silently. You can update your profile now and announce it later, on your own terms, which is what we would usually recommend.
The reason to hold the announcement is simple: the automatic update is templated and forgettable, while a short post you write yourself performs far better. This is the same logic behind what to comment on a LinkedIn promotion post when it is someone else being promoted. The generic version gets a wave of "Congrats!" and disappears. A specific one gets real replies.
If you announce it, write the post yourself
If you decide the promotion is worth an announcement, skip the automatic update and write a short post. It is a small effort that changes the result completely, because the templated version LinkedIn generates reads like every other one and earns a wave of one-word replies.
A promotion post that actually lands does three things. It names the role and what it means, not just the title change, so people understand what you will be doing. It thanks the specific people who helped you get there, because named gratitude feels real and generic gratitude does not. And it says something forward-looking about what you are excited to work on, which gives readers a reason to engage beyond "congrats."
Keep it short. Two or three tight paragraphs beat a long humblebrag. Then reply to the comments you get, quickly, in the first hour or two, because early replies are what keep a post circulating. If you want to grow from the moment rather than just mark it, treating the announcement as a genuine post is far more effective than letting the system fire off a line nobody remembers.
If the promotion is not showing up
A promotion that "did not work" almost always did work, quietly. Two things to check.
First, confirm the role actually saved by viewing your own profile. If it is there, the entry is fine. Second, if you expected an announcement and none appeared, the notify toggle was off when you saved. You cannot resend that same automatic update after the fact, so if you still want to mark the moment, write a post instead.
Editing a role later raises a related worry: will changing it re-notify people or bump old activity? Editing your profile is separate from editing a post, but if that distinction matters to you, our explainer on whether editing a LinkedIn post reposts it clears up how LinkedIn treats edits versus new activity. For the promotion itself, the rule is short: add the new role, choose your notification, and if you want it to land, announce it in your own words rather than letting the template do it for you.
Frequently asked questions
How do I add a promotion at the same company on LinkedIn?
Go to your profile, click the plus in the Experience section, and add a new position under the same company rather than editing the existing title. Enter the new role and start date, and LinkedIn groups both positions under one employer, showing your progression. Editing the old entry instead erases the history of your earlier title.
Will adding a promotion notify my whole network?
Only if you leave the notify setting on. When you add or edit a role, LinkedIn shows a 'Notify network' or 'Share with network' toggle. Turn it off to add the promotion quietly, or leave it on to send an update to your connections and followers. You control this per edit, before you save.
Why is my promotion not showing on LinkedIn?
Usually the role saved but the update was not shared, so nothing appeared in the feed. Check that the new position is listed on your profile and that the dates are correct. If you wanted the announcement, the notify toggle had to be on when you saved. You cannot resend the same update after the fact.
How do you announce a promotion on LinkedIn?
You can let the automatic profile update do it by keeping the notify toggle on, or write your own post, which usually performs better. A short post that thanks the people who helped and says what the role means gets more genuine engagement than the templated 'I'm happy to share' update LinkedIn generates.
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Co-founder, Apna Project
Co-founder at Apna Project, where he helps founders and agencies turn ideas into products. Writes here on LinkedIn growth and what actually earns attention in a comment section. Commenti is the LinkedIn comment automation tool by Ampliflow.
Adding a promotion on LinkedIn sounds like a one-click task, and then you hit the real question: do you edit your current job title, or add a new one? The answer changes what your profile shows, whether your tenure stays intact, and who finds out. Get it wrong and you either erase your work history or blast an announcement you did not mean to send.
Learning how to add promotion on LinkedIn is really about answering one question first. There are two correct ways to do it, and which one you use depends on a single fact: did you stay at the same company, or move to a new one. Here is each path, plus how to control the notification, because that is the part people most often regret.
First, decide: same company or new company
This is the fork that determines everything else.
If you were promoted within the same company, you want LinkedIn to show both roles grouped under one employer, so your profile tells a progression story: joined as X, promoted to Y. That builds tenure and looks like growth.
If you moved to a new company for the promotion, you want a clean new experience entry, and LinkedIn will treat it as a fresh position with its own start date.
Choosing wrong is the most common mistake. People edit their existing title in place after a same-company promotion, which overwrites the old role and quietly deletes the history of everything they did before the bump. Add, do not overwrite.
How to add a promotion at the same company
This is the path most people searching for this actually need.
LinkedIn now groups both positions under one company logo and shows the timeline. Your total tenure at that employer stays intact, and anyone viewing your profile sees a clean internal progression. If you also hold a "1st" style designation or want to reorder how roles appear, our guide on how to add 1st in your LinkedIn profile covers the smaller profile-formatting details people ask about alongside this.