Two-thirds of undergraduates call generative AI use essential, but only about a third say they've had any institutional training in it. Students who are first-generation, community college transfers, or at resource-constrained institutions are least likely to have a paid subscription to the most powerful generative AI models.
Want to help bridge the career readiness gap with your students?
Join us for a 90-minute, hands-on PDW built entirely within the limits of free GenAI models. After a short framing of the career-readiness challenges students face, you'll rotate through three roundtables (20 minutes each) and actually run the prompts yourself in free versions of ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini:
- Personal branding and passive recruiting awareness
- Conducting useful company research
- Assessing and articulating person–environment fit
You'll leave with six ready-to-go prompt activities you can hand to students next week, plus access to a shared repository where we'll keep adding new ones year-round. Beginners get structure and step-by-step guidance. Advanced users get a table full of colleagues to argue with about prompt design.
Add PDW #12172 to your agenda:
Career Readiness Without a Subscription: Teaching Professional AI Skills with Free Tools
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| Sunday, August 2, 2026 · 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT · Pennsylvania Convention Center, 105B |
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Natalie Liberman, California State University, Los Angeles
Shammi Gandhi, University of Northern Colorado
Sarah Holtzen, Missouri Southern State University
Sharonda Bishop, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Steven A. Edelson, Northern Michigan University
Thomas Norman, California State University, Dominguez Hills
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Sarah Holtzen
Associate Professor
Missouri Southern State University
Joplin MO
417-659-4031
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