It depends on your purpose for using LinkedIn. If you have not completed your LinkedIn Profile, purchasing Premium will not help you appear in more search results. I like having it to support the platform that supports me and to see the last 90 days of people who have looked at my LinkedIn Profile, for access to LinkedIn Learning, to be able to turn on an Automatic Reply on Messages and for the prestige value. I have chosen the ‘Jobs and Careers’ option and pay for 12 months at a time. https://premium.linkedin.com