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Generative AI Essentials for the Workplace

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The CareerTrek Company

Generative AI Essentials for the Workplace

Abhishek Srivastava

Instructor: Abhishek Srivastava

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level

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5 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level

Recommended experience

5 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

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.

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November 2026

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6 assignments¹

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Taught in English

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This course is part of the Applied Generative AI for Business & Career Readiness Specialization
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There are 5 modules in this course

This module introduces generative AI through everyday workplace decisions, helping learners judge when AI can support a task and when it should not. Using a customer meeting brief scenario, learners compare generative AI with predictive AI and traditional software, examine different kinds of model outputs, and practice checking whether a task is a good fit for AI assistance. The emphasis is on practical judgment, evidence, and human oversight so learners can use AI more thoughtfully in real work.

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3 videos1 reading2 assignments

This module explains, in plain language, how generative AI produces responses and why those responses can still be inaccurate, outdated, biased, or unsupported. Through a workplace example involving an unsourced market statistic, learners explore how training, inference, tokens, patterns, and context shape outputs. The module helps learners move beyond trusting fluent answers at face value by building habits of verification, safer rewriting, and source-based decision making.

What's included

3 videos1 reading1 assignment

This module helps learners compare common AI tools and choose a realistic workplace use case that is useful, achievable, and low risk. Working with a small retailer scenario, learners review chat assistants, search-grounded tools, document analysis, spreadsheet assistance, multimodal features, and a value-effort-risk matrix. The focus is on practical prioritization so learners can select a tool thoughtfully, justify expected value, and communicate clear guardrails for responsible use.

What's included

3 videos1 reading1 assignment1 discussion prompt

This module focuses on the safeguards that make workplace AI use more secure, responsible, and inclusive. Through scenarios involving confidential information, organizational policy, consent, fairness, copyright, traceability, and human review, learners practice spotting risks before they become problems. By the end of the module, learners will be better prepared to protect sensitive information, redesign unsafe requests, and apply review checkpoints that support trustworthy AI-assisted work.

What's included

3 videos1 reading1 assignment

This module brings the course together by guiding learners to design a practical AI-assisted workflow for routine work. Using examples such as a repeatable weekly briefing, learners break tasks into steps, define input-output expectations, set verification and acceptance criteria, and decide when human escalation is necessary. The goal is to help learners create a lightweight process that improves efficiency while protecting quality, accountability, and responsible decision making.

What's included

3 videos1 reading1 assignment

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