Full Description
A comprehensive guide that empowers career development professionals to cut through the hype surrounding AI by offering practical tools, relevant examples and successful strategies for ensuring AI delivers benefits to their clients.
Written by expert authors, Michael Larbalestier and Marianne Wilson, the book provides:
Practical Understanding of AI Technology: De-mystifies the inner workings of AI tools to help readers make informed choices about AI's role in their practice.
Relevant Examples: Boasts worked examples of activities and tasks that encompass a wide range of career support activities - from improving personal productivity and creating educational materials, to designing engaging client activities and leveraging AI for Labour Market Information.
Flexible Toolkit Format: Icons and consistent page layouts make this book an easy-to-navigate hands-on guide that readers can consult according to their interests and preferences.
The book builds on the authors' experience of supporting practitioners to navigate AI confidently as they support diverse client groups, including young people, graduates, unemployed adults and employed professionals. With a focus on continuous improvement and reflective practice, The Career Practitioner's AI Toolkit helps to bring these insights and skills to a wider audience, in a flexible, accessible format.
Contents
Section 1: Foundations
Chapter 1: Understanding Artificial Intelligence
Chapter 2: AI in the World and Work
Chapter 3: AI and Careers Practice in Context
Chapter 4: AI Tools and Skills Glossary
Section 2: AI Toolkit Scenarios
Scenario 1: How to plan a group session for clients or students
Scenario 2: How to prepare for a job or careers fair
Scenario 3: How to provide feedback on a CV
Scenario 4: How to reflect on your own career development plans
Scenario 5: How to create social media content
Scenario 6: How to analyse and interpret labour market trends
Scenario 7: How to use built-in AI features in productivity tools
Scenario 8: How to create a rules-based chatbot
Scenario 9: How to create a card sort game for selecting a course
Scenario 10: How to use application management platforms
Conclusion
