AI for career practitioners

By the end of six weeks, you'll walk away with well-rounded perspectives, tangible skills, and curated resources to evaluate, adopt and apply AI solutions in service of empowering career journeys. This course is designed for active participation and peer learning. We encourage you to engage with the materials, share your perspectives in discussions, and have fun experimenting with AI!

Course tutors: Michael Larbalestier and Marianne Wilson

Course numbers: 60 participants maximum

Individual self-study estimate: 5 hours:

Live webinars: 5 hours

Group work estimate: 6 hours

Registration deadline 31 May.

Course description:

A 6-week blended online programme for Career practitioners, featuring self-study content, live webinars and a group project through which you'll have the opportunity to:

• Develop foundational knowledge of AI concepts through engaging self-paced online modules.
• See AI applications come to life for career guidance in live interactive webinars.
• Get hands-on with experimenting with AI career tools through optional group projects.
• Connect with fellow practitioners to discuss implications and generate ideas.
• Reflect on your own development needs to integrate AI into your unique practice.

Course schedule

28 May

Pre-course material available

· An introduction to the course

· How to get the most from this course

· Introducing the tutors

· About the project

4 June

Week 1: AI meaning, impact and concerns

· Introduction to AI and Its Scope

· History and evolution of AI

· Key Terminology

· AI’s Impact on Careers Advice Possibilities

· Ethical considerations

· Future of AI and career practice

Live webinar

11 June 11am-12pm - Hopes, fears and challenges

11 June

Week 2: Tools and applications

· Evaluating different AI tools

· Transactional chatbots

· Generative chatbots

· Popular AI tools for generating images, videos and audio

· AI features in platforms and applications

· Talent management

· AI support for career skills

· AI for labour market information

· AI for learning, CPD and reflective practice

· Planning delivery and guidance

· Client action

· Brief for the course project

Live webinar

18 June 9.30am- 10.30am– Case studies

18 June

Week 3: Forward view and skills development - part 1 content

· The art of creating good conversational AI prompts

· Refining our practice

· How to challenge, verify and validate what AI suggests

Live webinar

25 June 11am-12 pm – CDI code and position on AI

Week 3: Forward view and skills development - part 2 content

· What we have learned

· Our development needs

· The role of the CDI in supporting effective use of AI by practitioners

2 July

Weeks 4 and 5 project groups

Groups self-organise

17 July

Week 6 Project showcase – each group will have the opportunity to present their project

Live webinar

18 July 11am-1pm – Project showcase session

FAQ's

What if I can't make the live webinars?Recordings of all webinars will be provided immediately after sessions and the project submissions will be pre-recorded and shared to all. So, you won't miss out. There's also a forum so if you do have unanswered questions after watching a recorded webinar you will be able to post and get your answers.

How will the optional group work run?You will work remotely with around 5-6 fellow learners, using online tools to design a simple, ethical AI-powered career intervention that aligns with your interests. This could be designing a careers resource or game, a CV optimiser, skills forecaster, chatbot for career Q&A, or anything else you dream up!We aim to create groups which match people with similar interests or based in similar time zones. It will be up to each group to convene their own project meetings at times convenient for the members of the group.We will ask each group to record a 5-minute presentation outlining their project, and a selection of these will be shared during the final project showcase webinar. All the project recordings submitted by project groups will be shared in the course resources area.