Through a multi-year agreement with LinkedIn, SDA Bocconi School of Management provides all MBA and Executive MBA students with access to LinkedIn Premium for three years from the start of their program, reinforcing its commitment to empowering students throughout their career journeys. This initiative positions SDA Bocconi as the first business school in Europe to offer LinkedIn Premium at scale across its MBA and EMBA programs.

This additional step further strengthens the School’s connection with the global job market and equips students with tools that enhance their professional growth.

In today’s evolving professional landscape, LinkedIn has become much more than a digital CV. It is a key platform for personal branding—a space where professionals grow their network, shape their narrative, showcase their achievements, and position themselves in a competitive and constantly changing environment. Through LinkedIn Premium, SDA Bocconi students can strengthen their online presence, gain deeper visibility into companies and roles, and expand their network in a more strategic and informed way.

At the same time, the School emphasizes a fundamental message: career development cannot be reduced to sending applications. Looking for new opportunities—or rethinking one’s career path—requires a broader, more proactive approach. It is about building relationships, understanding market dynamics, and continuously refining one’s positioning. In this context, LinkedIn is a powerful tool, but it is not the destination.

SDA Bocconi’s approach to career development is built on this perspective. The Career Development Center works closely with students to enable them to strengthen their profiles, build a solid network, and pursue their career ambitions with clarity and confidence. LinkedIn Premium is therefore integrated as an additional asset within a wider ecosystem of guidance and career services, where students remain fully in control of their journey and are encouraged to take an active role in shaping their future.

"Our goal as Career Development Center is to help students develop a conscious career strategy, which means building authentic relationships, understanding market dynamics, and clearly positioning themselves.” Says Chiara Robecchi – Head of Career Development Center at SDA Bocconi. “Offering our MBAs and Executive MBAs LinkedIn Premium represents an additional resource to navigate this journey with greater visibility and concrete tools, while remaining fully in control of their own career choices."

This perspective is shared by LinkedIn itself, highlighting the value of supporting students at a pivotal stage of their professional development: 

“LinkedIn today is the go-to-platform in the global job market, where talent, companies and opportunities connect to thrive. As this unique project will provide students with access to LinkedIn Premium, SDA Bocconi is equipping them with advanced and AI-powered tools to strengthen their professional positioning, expand their network and navigate their career journey in a rapidly changing world of work” 

This partnership is a concrete expression of the School’s mission: to provide not only knowledge, but also the tools, mindset, and connections needed to translate ambition into action and to successfully engage with an increasingly complex global market. 

 

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