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Applied Generative AI for Business & Career Readiness Specialization

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The CareerTrek Company

Applied Generative AI for Business & Career Readiness Specialization

Build Practical Generative AI Workplace Skills.

Master AI prompting, workplace productivity, and business solutions through hands-on projects.

Abhishek Srivastava

Instructor: Abhishek Srivastava

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Beginner level

Recommended experience

8 weeks to complete
at 4 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Understand Generative AI capabilities, limitations, and responsible applications across workplace tasks.

  • Design effective prompts and use AI to improve writing, research, data analysis, and productivity.

  • Build, test, and present a practical AI-assisted business solution with measurable success criteria.

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November 2026

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Specialization - 3 course series

Generative AI Essentials for the Workplace

Generative AI Essentials for the Workplace

Course 1, 5 hours

What you'll learn

  • Identify Generative AI capabilities, limitations, and suitable applications across common workplace tasks.

  • Evaluate AI-generated outputs for accuracy, privacy, bias, and responsible workplace use.

  • Use AI for basic business analysis and design simple, human-reviewed AI-assisted workflows.

Skills you'll gain

Category: AI literacy
Category: Data Ethics
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Prioritization
Category: Generative AI
Category: Verification And Validation
Category: Responsible AI
Category: Business Process Improvement
Category: Intellectual Property
Category: Process Design
Category: Law, Regulation, and Compliance
Category: Decision Making
Category: Editing
Category: Critical Thinking
Category: Information Privacy
Category: AI Workflows
Prompt Engineering & AI-Powered Productivity

Prompt Engineering & AI-Powered Productivity

Course 2, 5 hours

What you'll learn

  • Design effective AI prompts using clear tasks, context, constraints, examples, and output formats.

  • Refine AI outputs through feedback and verification to improve workplace writing, research, and data tasks.

  • Build repeatable AI-assisted workflows with human review, quality checks, and measurable productivity benefits.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Verification And Validation
Category: Data Literacy
Category: Process Design
Category: AI Workflows
Category: Process Mapping
Category: Standard Operating Procedure
Category: Business Writing
Category: Business Correspondence
Category: Writing
Category: AI literacy
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Presentations
Category: Responsible AI
Category: Business Communication
Category: Generative AI
Category: Prompt Patterns
Category: Prompt Engineering

What you'll learn

  • Identify a business challenge and design a practical, responsible Generative AI-assisted solution.

  • Build and test an AI prototype, evaluate its accuracy, risks, and potential business impact.

  • Present a portfolio-ready AI business proposal supported by testing evidence and measurable success criteria.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Generative AI
Category: Business Analysis
Category: Problem Solving
Category: Business Metrics
Category: Usability Testing
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Business Workflow Analysis
Category: Process Design
Category: Stakeholder Communications
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: Test Case
Category: AI Workflows
Category: Prototyping
Category: Responsible AI
Category: Performance Measurement
Category: Feasibility Studies
Category: Benchmarking
Category: Journey Mapping
Category: Solution Design
Category: Test Data

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Abhishek Srivastava
The CareerTrek Company
3 Courses10 learners

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