LinkedIn New Job Announcement: How to Share It, Plus 6 Templates

To announce a new job on LinkedIn, add the role to your Experience section with "Share with network" switched on, then write a short post in your own words. The first gives your network a notice from LinkedIn; the second is the announcement people actually read and reply to. You can do one, both, or neither.

Settings checked on October 13, 2026 against LinkedIn Help: Share profile updates, Update your current position, Post and share updates and Open to Work. Labels can vary by app version and language.

Step 1: Update your profile (and choose who gets notified)

1. Go to your profile and add the new position under Experience, or click the edit icon in your introduction section and choose Add new position under Primary position.
2. Before saving, look for the Share with network (or Notify network) toggle at the top of the form.
3. Leave it on if you want LinkedIn to tell your network. Switch it off to update quietly.
4. Save. LinkedIn's help says job updates may take up to two hours to be shared.

When sharing is on, LinkedIn may turn the change into a post in your network's feed, an in-app notification or an email. You can check what was generated in the Recent Activity section of your profile; these automatic updates do not appear in your Posts tab, and LinkedIn deletes them after 90 days. The global switch lives under Settings & Privacy > Visibility > Share profile updates.

Turning notifications off does not hide anything: anyone who opens your profile sees the new role as soon as you save it.

While you are in your profile, also:

• Update your headline if it still describes your old role or says you are looking. See LinkedIn headline examples.
• Turn off Open to Work. If you shared it with all LinkedIn members, it added the #OpenToWork photo frame. Remove it now that you have a job.
• Close the old role with an end date so your profile does not show two current jobs by mistake.

Step 2: Decide when to post

Post when all three are true:

1. The offer is signed and the start date is set.
2. Your current manager and team heard it from you, not from the feed.
3. Your new employer is fine with a public announcement. Some roles, clients or launches are confidential for a while.

Many people post on their first day or after the first week, once they can say something concrete about the work. We know of no published evidence that a specific day or hour changes how many people see a job update, so pick the moment that suits the news.

Step 3: Write the post

The automatic update only says you started a position. A post lets you add the parts people care about. A reliable structure:

1. The news in one line. Role and organization, plainly.
2. Why this role. One specific reason: the problem, the team, the customers.
3. What you will work on or who you will help, so your network knows when to think of you.
4. Thanks to a few named people, kept short. Tag them only if they would be comfortable with it.
5. An optional light ask: an intro, a recommendation for a book, a coffee with someone in the new city.

On desktop, LinkedIn's composer also has a celebrate an occasion icon (on mobile, under the plus icon as Celebration). It opens a celebration format for the post. Use it if you like that look; a plain text post with your own words works just as well.

6 LinkedIn new job announcement templates

These are fictional, illustrative templates. Replace every bracket and cut anything that is not true for you.

1. Starting a new role

I've started as [role] at [company].

I joined because [specific reason: the problem, the product, the people].

I'll be working on [area] with [team or customers]. If you work on [topic], I'd like to compare notes.

Thank you to [name] and [name] for [specific help] during the search.

2. Promotion at the same company

After [time] as [old role], I've moved into [new role] at [company].

The work changes from [old focus] to [new focus]. The part I'm most looking forward to is [specific].

Thanks to [manager] for [specific support] and to the [team] team I'm still working with every day.

3. Career change

New field, new role: I've joined [company] as [role].

After [years] in [previous field], I'm bringing [transferable skill] to [new field]. The first lesson so far: [one honest observation].

If you made a similar move, I'd love to hear what you wish you had known in month one.

4. Back to work after a layoff or a break

I'm happy to share that I've started as [role] at [company].

The last [months] were [one honest sentence, as much or as little as you want to share]. Thank you to everyone who sent leads, reviewed my CV or simply checked in, especially [name].

If you're still searching, my messages are open: I'll pass on anything that fits.

5. First job after graduating

I've started my first full-time role as [role] at [company].

At [university or program], I worked on [project or skill], and that is what led me here.

Thank you to [mentor or professor] for [specific help]. I'm keen to learn from people working in [field], so suggestions for what to read are welcome.

6. Leaving to start your own business

After [years] at [company], I've left to start [business name].

I help [audience] with [problem], starting with [first service or product].

Thank you to [company] colleagues for [specific thing you learned]. If [audience] is you or someone you know, [simple next step].

What to leave out

• Criticism of your previous employer. Your new colleagues and future clients will read it too.
• Confidential details: salary, unannounced projects, client names you are not cleared to share.
• A long list of thank-yous. Three specific names beat thirty tags.
• Hashtag stacks. One label such as #NewJob is optional; LinkedIn publishes no evidence that hashtags lift reach. See do LinkedIn hashtags work.

Turn the template into your post

If you want a draft that sounds like you, give the free LinkedIn post generator your role, the reason you chose it and the people you want to thank, then edit the result. Check line breaks in the LinkedIn post preview before posting. For finished examples, see the new job post examples; for structures beyond job news, see LinkedIn post templates, and if you are still in the search, start with LinkedIn profile tips for job seekers.