Welcome a teammate or give kudos with LinkedIn Pages

Last updated: 10 months ago

As a LinkedIn Page admin, you can use LinkedIn to celebrate a teammate at your organization by welcoming them to your team or giving them kudos for a noteworthy contribution. The recognition displays as a post on your Page that all followers and visitors can see, adding a personalized aspect to your Page.

To welcome an employee:

  1. Access your Page admin view.

  2. Click Start a post.
  3. Click the Celebrate an occasion icon by hovering over the icons at the bottom of the screen.

    • If Celebrate an occasion isn't displayed by default, click the More icon on the bottom of the Create a post screen.
  4. Select Welcome to the Team.

  5. Click Add a photo and select a file from your device (required) and click the Next button. 

  6. Enter the employee’s name in the Select recipient field (required) and click the Next button. 

  7. Click the Edit icon on the photo to edit the photo. 

  8. Click the Anyone dropdown and select who can see your post. 

  9. Enter your text in the What do you want to talk about? field above the photo. 

  10. Click Anyone at the lower-right of the screen to select who can comment on your post, then click the Save button. 

  11. Click the Post button. 

    Note: You can share the post on your profile.

To recognize an employee with kudos:

  1. Access your Page admin view.  

  2. Click Start a post.

  3. Click Celebrate an occasion icon by hovering over the icons on the bottom of the screen. 

    • If Celebrate an occasion isn’t displayed by default, click the More icon on the bottom of the Create a post screen. 
  4. Select Recognize an employee.

  5. Enter the employee’s name in the Search for employees… field, select the correct name(s), and click the Next button. 

  6. Select the type of kudos award you’d like share and click the Done button. 

  7. Click the Anyone dropdown and select who can see your post. 

  8. Enter your kudos text above the award.

  9. Click Anyone in the lower-right screen to select who can comment on your post, then click the Save button. 

  10. Click the Post button. 

    Note: you can share the post on your profile. 

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