Elevate Your Job Search: AI Tools + Recruiter and HR Strategies
Across three one hour sessions, you'll learn how to build a strong, AI-supported resume, reach out effectively to recruiters, and communicate professionally throughout the hiring process.
Workshop dates: Thursdays, April 9, April 23, and May 7
Time: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Cost: $150 (early rate through April 2) / $200 (begins April 3)
Delivery: Online through Zoom
First Workshop: Transforming Your Job Search With AI
What You'll Learn
- Build a resume that gets through Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and highlights your value.
- How recruiters evaluate candidates—and how to stand out professionally.
- What HR prioritizes when deciding who moves forward.
- How to research companies, craft your “why this role,” and ask questions that show genuine curiosity.
What You’ll Walk Away With
- Knowledge and steps to create a polished, AI enhanced resume.
- Templates and prompts you can reuse throughout your job search.
- A practical playbook for outreach, etiquette, and follow up that gets noticed.
What to Bring
- Please set up a Free or Paid ChatGPT, Claude.ai, and Grammarly.
- Your current resume.
- One or two real jobs you’re interested in.
- Two or three specific job search questions you want help with.
- Be ready to practice during the workshop
One Day before the 1st Workshop:
We will send you a template and LLM instructions. Review these; this is your homework.
2nd Workshop: What Recruiters Actually Want
Discover how to craft outreach that truly gets noticed. You’ll learn what to do before you ever hit “send,” the etiquette that builds real rapport, and how to make every interaction feel respectful and intentional. Through hands on practice, you’ll create outreach messages that stand out—and use thoughtful follow ups and thank yous to reinforce your strengths and move yourself closer to a “yes.”
3rd Workshop: Understanding HR’s Priorities
Gain a clear understanding of what HR is really evaluating when they review your application and how their perspective differs from a recruiter’s. You’ll learn the etiquette that matters most in the final stages—showing professionalism that can set you apart. Through hands on practice, you’ll refine your closing communication and craft thoughtful thank you notes and follow ups that address lingering concerns and help you stand out.
Instructor
Chris Duffy has overseen global teams of 75+, scaled 24/7 support operations, modernized tooling to operationalize AI, and driven major initiatives such as completing a board‑directed SOC 2 program in under nine months and launching a comprehensive customer trust and compliance portal. His track record includes significant improvements in NPS, billing efficiency, and product adoption through strategic innovation, process redesign, and leadership development. He has deep expertise in lifecycle management from onboarding through renewal and expansion, he builds high‑performing, customer‑centric teams focused on measurable outcomes, operational excellence, and long‑term retention.
Transforming Your Business and Workday with Generative AI
Workshop date: Thursday, April 30
Time: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Delivery: Online
Cost: $100 (early rate through April 23) / $125 (begins April 24)
Generative AI is rapidly reshaping how work gets done across industries. In this practical, hands-on workshop, participants will learn how to use modern AI tools to think more clearly, work more efficiently, and make better business decisions.
Through live demonstrations and guided exercises, we will explore how generative AI can support strategic planning, financial analysis, marketing, operations, and everyday problem-solving. Participants will build both confidence and competence using AI as a professional thought partner, integrating it into real workflows to improve clarity, speed, and decision quality. By the end of the session, attendees will be equipped to apply these tools thoughtfully and effectively within their own organizations.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Apply practical prompt engineering techniques to generate higher-quality outputs for business tasks, such as analysis, planning, communication, and ideation.
- Identify high-impact use cases for generative AI within their own role or organization, including opportunities to improve efficiency, creativity, and decision quality.
- Evaluate the risks, limitations, and ethical considerations of generative AI in professional settings, and use these tools responsibly and strategically.
Instructor
Aaron Proietti is the founder of Today’s Innovator and a former Chief Innovation Officer and Chief Customer Advocate at Transamerica. He works at the intersection of artificial intelligence and systems thinking, helping leaders and organizations make better decisions in complex and rapidly changing environments.
Aaron facilitates strategic planning processes, executive sessions, and leadership conversations across higher education, nonprofit, and business sectors. His work focuses on how complex systems behave under pressure and how leaders can design responses that are disciplined, practical, and durable. He blends structured strategic frameworks with live demonstrations of generative AI, showing how emerging tools can deepen analysis, sharpen synthesis, and expand perspective when human judgment remains central.
He is the author of "Today’s Innovator," "Becoming Today’s Innovator," and "Your QUEST Awaits," books that explore innovation, behavioral roles, and the patterns that shape meaningful change. Aaron speaks frequently on artificial intelligence, disruption, and the evolving relationship between human and machine intelligence.
He serves on the Advisory Board of Penn State Great Valley and on several nonprofit boards, including YMCA Camp Cory and the Chester County United Way. He lives in Downingtown, Pennsylvania.