LinkedIn Premium Funding

Lundquist College of Business master’s degree candidates (Eugene or Portland campus) may request funding to cover the cost of a year-long LinkedIn Premium Career subscription. A note for military veterans: LinkedIn offers a free first year of LinkedIn Premium to veterans. Be sure to take advantage of this incredible offer before applying for Lundquist funding. For any questions, please contact Cherie Knox at cheriek@uoregon.edu.

What LinkedIn Premium Offers

  • Contact anyone in the LinkedIn network directly via InMail.
  • Gain personalized insights into job postings and salaries and see how you stack up against the competition.
  • See who has viewed your profile.
  • Leverage AI assistance for messaging and insights (**note: Gen AI is rapidly changing, but as of the end of 2024, LinkedIn’s AI assistance for writing is not great.)

Familiarize yourself with all the added value that LinkedIn Premium Career offers.

Before You Apply

Have a strong, complete LinkedIn profile

  • Include a professional photo and a short, brand-consistent, and memorable headline.
  • Write a brief headline that tells the essence of your story and gives a sense of your personality or voice.
  • Provide full, evidence-based descriptions for each of your experience entries using either paragraph or bullet form.
  • Include your current degree program and center affiliation (if applicable) in the education section.

Use your free month of LinkedIn Premium: Familiarize yourself with the features of LinkedIn Premium Career by signing up for and using the free trial.

How to Request

  1. Sign up for and use the month-long free trial of Premium Career. Familiarize yourself with the benefits.
  2. Develop a plan for using your Premium Career account. Think about how you would like to use each of the premium features and set some goals for your first month. We’ll ask for this in the application.
  3. Write a sample outreach email. We’ll also ask for this in the application. The outreach message should:
    1. Be clear, concise and with minimal grammatical errors.
    2. Establish a connection not just with the company but with the person you are addressing.
    3. Provide clear next steps and makes it easier for the contact to say yes.
  4. Follow the University of Oregon – Charles H. Lundquist College of Business on LinkedIn.
  5. Complete the application form.
  6. We’ll review your application and your LinkedIn profile within 3 business days.
  7. When your application is approved, we’ll provide details on how to request reimbursement. Currently, students are receiving funds within 2 weeks of submitting their receipts.
    • If your application or profile still needs work, we’ll let you know what you need to work on before being approved for funding.
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