AI Academy · For Recruiting Teams
Give your team the AI skills that actually hire.
Build AI training around how your team really hires — sourcing, outreach, interviewing, compliance — so every recruiter uses AI with confidence, and every candidate still gets a fair, human process.
Recruiting teams building their AI Academy with SocialTalent
Not generic AI training
Skip the theory — give your team AI skills they'll use this week.
Generic AI courses teach prompting in the abstract. We teach recruiters to source, screen, interview, and stay compliant with AI — through real hiring scenarios, taught by people who do the work.
Source smarter with generative AI
Turn AI into a market-intelligence engine — better search strings, clearer talent maps, faster shortlists. Your team finds the right people without losing the human read.
From prompts to real workflows
Anyone can write a prompt. Your team learns to turn repeat prompts into reusable AI assistants that do consistent work — then scale them across the team responsibly.
Interview for substance, not polish
AI can make any candidate sound sharp. Your interviewers learn to probe for real capability, manage AI use in the room, and keep control when answers get slippery.
Use AI without breaking trust
Speed means nothing if candidates lose faith in your process. Your team learns to protect data, spot bias, and meet the compliance obligations AI brings to hiring.
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The pitfalls
But AI skills alone don't stick.
We've trained hiring teams for over 15 years. The teams that make AI stick avoid three traps.
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Expecting self-taught AI
Left to figure it out alone, most recruiters plateau at basic prompts — and 87% of self-directed programmes fail.
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Rolling out tools without training
New AI tools without context create risk, not results: inconsistent use, exposed data, and quiet resistance from the team.
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Treating AI as a one-off webinar
AI changes month to month. A single workshop is out of date before your team puts it to work.
How AI Academy succeeds
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Not just prompts — a structured AI Academy.
We partner with you to build an AI programme around your team, your tools, and your hiring goals — then help it grow as fast as the technology does.
600+
teams have built their Academy with SocialTalent
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Map to your workflow
We start with how your team actually hires, not a generic curriculum.
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Role-based pathways
Sourcers, recruiters, and interviewers each get AI training built for their day.
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Manager accountability
Hiring managers reinforce the skills, so learning shows up in real reqs.
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Measure real impact
Track adoption and outcomes, not just course completions.
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Evolve every quarter
As AI tools shift, we refresh content and plan the next step with you.
“This has been one of my greatest team successes as a leader of Talent Acquisition at Pfizer”
“I have received such positive feedback from across the team on the SocialTalent platform and content. The team has found the content engaging, easy to digest, and extremely relevant to the challenges they are facing as talent acquisition professionals. It has been a win/win for our ability to improve the skills of our team and the ability to deliver a better experience for our candidates.”
Wendy Mayer · Vice President, Global Candidate Experience
Strategic partnership
We stay with you as AI keeps changing.
SocialTalent was founded by recruiters in 2010. We've spent 15 years turning real hiring problems into training that works — and AI is no exception.
Deepest TA curriculum globally
The widest hiring-focused library anywhere, now with a fast-growing AI track.
Built by recruiters, not technologists
AI training grounded in how hiring really works, taught by practitioners.
Start small, scale what works
Pilot with one team, prove the value, then roll out with confidence.
Quarterly planning support
We revisit your programme every quarter as tools and needs change.
Measurable, trackable results
Adoption, engagement, and impact you can show your leadership.
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The AI courses
The AI courses
teams start with.
1 mission
By Glen Cathey
The AI Collaboration Mindset
AI is fast becoming a work partner rather than a tool, and the people who get the most from it bring judgement, context, and clear direction to every interaction. This Learning Path builds that collaboration mindset from the ground up - managing AI as a partner instead of a search box, layering in your own domain expertise, working responsibly inside your organisation's approved AI ecosystem, and customising and scaling AI from one-off prompts toward reusable context and agents.
By Glen Cathey
Mission
By Holly Fawcett
Maximizing Productivity with AI
This mission is designed to supercharge your work efficiency using AI tools. In this mission, you'll explore how AI can optimize your work, enhance communication, and analyze data effectively. Get ready to redefine productivity and take your performance to the next level.
By Holly Fawcett
2 missions
By Glen Cathey
How to Unlock the Power of Generative AI
Embark on a transformative journey to harness the power of Generative AI, Language Models, and prompt engineering. Designed for professionals, learners, and innovators, this learning path unravels the complexities of AI communication and ethical deployment. Dive into real-world applications, master the art of prompt crafting, and refine your skills in using AI responsibly to revolutionize how we think, work, and create.
By Glen Cathey
1 mission
By Johnny Campbell
AI-Powered Recruiting: From Prompts to Workflows
AI can save recruiters hours every week, but only if you know how to use it well. This learning path is designed for recruiters who already use Generative AI tools and want to move beyond one-off prompts. You’ll learn how to turn repeat recruiting work into reliable AI assistants, scale them safely across your team, and understand how early agentic AI is already reshaping recruiting workflows
By Johnny Campbell
2 missions
By Glen Cathey
How to Use Generative AI for Talent Intelligence & Strategic Sourcing
Elevate your recruiting strategy with the power of Generative AI. This learning path equips you with advanced techniques to harness market intelligence, refine sourcing methods, and supercharge candidate engagement through data-driven insights. You'll learn to map talent landscapes, benchmark compensation effectively, and leverage AI for deep competitive analysis. Master the essentials of data analytics and visualization to inform strategic workforce planning, turning recruitment data into actionable intelligence.
By Glen Cathey
1 mission
By Tom Sayer
Next-Gen Hiring: Navigating Candidates’ Use of AI
AI is rewriting the rules of hiring. This learning path gives you the insight and strategies to stay ahead. You’ll discover how candidates are using AI, and learn how to protect integrity without losing speed or candidate trust. From spotting AI-generated responses to setting clear policies and training your teams, you’ll walk away prepared to meet the AI era with confidence and control.
By Tom Sayer
1 mission
By Glen Cathey
How to use Generative AI for Recruitment Marketing
In the ever-evolving world of talent acquisition, staying ahead means embracing cutting-edge tools and strategies. Learn to analyze and enhance your employer brand, craft dynamic employee value propositions (EVPs), optimize job descriptions for inclusivity and impact, and elevate your social recruiting strategies. By combining creativity with AI-driven insights, you'll unlock innovative ways to attract, engage, and retain top talent while keeping your messaging authentic, inclusive, and data-driven.
By Glen Cathey
1 mission
By Johnny Campbell
Advanced Interviewing: Assessing Talent in an AI World
As candidates increasingly use AI tools to prepare and sometimes respond live, you must raise your evidence standard. This learning path strengthens your structured interviewing capability through evidence-based assessment, clear expectation-setting, and advanced probing techniques. You will gather defensible evidence, maintain fairness, and protect decision quality when responses may be AI-assisted.
By Johnny Campbell
2 missions
By Glen Cathey
How to Use Generative AI for Interviewing, Closing, and Onboarding
Revolutionize your hiring strategy by integrating Generative AI across interviewing, closing, and onboarding processes. This learning path empowers you to design structured interviews, detect AI misuse by candidates, and deliver constructive feedback. You'll master the art of closing top talent effectively and deliver outstanding pre-boarding and onboarding experiences. Discover how to leverage AI ethically and strategically, enhancing efficiency and authenticity at every step of your hiring journey.
By Glen Cathey
3 missions
By Aubrey Blanche
Hiring With Integrity: AI and Data Privacy
You don’t need to be a legal expert to protect candidate trust and stay compliant with global AI and privacy laws. But you do need to know the risks - and how to manage them. This Learning Path will show you how. You will discover the essentials: how to use AI tools responsibly, protect candidate data, and stay compliant without being a legal expert. You’ll walk away confident, compliant, and trusted.
By Aubrey Blanche
Mission
By Odette Engelbrecht & Kelly Soh
Leading with Integrity: The AI TALENT Promise™
AI is reshaping how recruiters source, assess, and select talent—but human judgment still sets the standard. This mission introduces Boston Consulting Group’s AI TALENT Promise™, a practical framework for making AI-assisted hiring fair, transparent, and trustworthy. You’ll explore how its six principles—Transparent, Accountable, Learning-centred, Ethical, Notified, and Trustworthy—translate into real Talent Acquisition decisions, helping your team lead the way on responsible AI in hiring.
By Odette Engelbrecht & Kelly Soh
Learning path
By Johnny Campbell
Introducing Cara: Smarter, Structured Interviewing
Meet Cara, your AI hiring partner. This training shows you how to use Cara’s Interview Intelligence feature to build and run structured, consistent interviews. Cara guides you step by step, helping you turn role requirements into clear hiring criteria, create structured interview plans, align interviewers, and run high-quality interviews with confidence.
By Johnny Campbell
Good to know
Questions, answered.
How is this different from a generic AI course? +
Generic courses teach prompting in the abstract. We teach recruiters to source, interview, and stay compliant with AI, using real hiring scenarios and practitioners who do the work.
Who is it for? +
Recruiting and talent teams — sourcers, recruiters, interviewers, and the leaders rolling AI out to them. Pathways are tailored by role.
Will this help us stay compliant? +
Yes. Dedicated missions cover data privacy, bias, and the compliance obligations that come with using AI in hiring — so speed never costs you trust.
How fast can we launch? +
Most teams are up and running within days. We help you choose a starting pathway and pilot it with one team first.
Does the content stay current? +
AI moves fast, so we do too. New courses are added regularly and we refresh your programme every quarter.
Do you cover Cara, SocialTalent's own AI? +
Yes. Cara is our AI hiring assistant — your hiring partner for the AI era. Training shows your team how to run structured interviews with her, so they build capacity while staying consistent.