AI Fluency Workshops & AI Consulting

Practical AI training for recruitment teams who want to use it properly, not just enthusiastically.

I run AI Fluency Workshops for Talent Acquisition teams, recruitment agencies, and in-house TA functions who want their people using AI with confidence instead of confusion. Not a demo tour, not a hype session, and definitely not a lecture on prompt engineering as if it's a personality type. Practical, tested, human training grounded in real recruitment work.

Because I still source talent myself, everything I teach has to actually work on a live desk on Monday morning.

What The Workshop Covers

Every workshop is built around three things every recruiter needs to work well with AI:

1. The tools that actually matter. Not the fifty in your inbox this month. The ones proven to save time on sourcing, screening, outreach, and admin, without introducing risk or nonsense.
2. The prompting skills that make them useful. How to write prompts that get proper output the first time, how to structure workflows so you're not starting from scratch every day, and how to build custom GPTs your team will still use in six months.
3. The human judgement that keeps you irreplaceable. Where AI helps, where it hurts, and the calls only you can make. This is the piece most AI training skips, and it's the piece that decides whether your career survives the next two years.

How I Deliver It

You pick the format that fits your team:

• Live virtual workshops via Teams or Zoom, for teams of up to 25 who want proper interactive training
• In-person workshops on-site, one to three days, depending on depth
• Team programmes running over several weeks with follow-up sessions built in
• 1:1 coaching for TA leaders who need it tailored

All sessions are recorded (with permission), so your team can go back to what they need. And I customise every workshop to your industry, your workflow, and the roles you actually hire for.

AI Consulting & Vendor Evaluation

For companies making bigger AI decisions, I also consult on adoption and vendor selection. Which platforms are worth the spend, which are demo-only, and which are quietly brilliant but not marketing themselves well? I've spent 2025 and 2026 running vendor evaluations for TA teams, and I know the landscape.

If you're being pitched by AI recruitment vendors and don't know how to compare them properly, this is where I come in.

Who I Work With

Recruitment agencies range from three-person firms to global operations. In-house TA teams at major Corporate Companies, and a long list of others across the UK, the Netherlands, the USA, and beyond. Anyone who needs their recruiters to work with AI rather than around it.

Why Specialist Training Beats a Generic Course

Most AI and sourcing training is built for a general audience, by people who do not recruit. This is built and delivered by someone who sources for a living, tailored to your team, your market and the roles you are actually struggling to fill. Whether you take it live, on site or at your own pace, the content comes from real recruitment work rather than theory.

What Recruiters Say about the AI Fluency Workshops

"Vanessa completely changed how our team approaches AI in recruitment. Practical, honest, and immediately usable. No nonsense."
Diane van Galen Last | Managing Partner | The Netherlands

"I've done a lot of AI training. Vanessa's was the first one where the whole team left knowing exactly what to do on Monday morning."
Amelia Morrison | Senior Recruitment Consultant, Remarkable People | New Zealand

"Vanessa is the real deal. She knows what she's talking about because she's still doing the work."
Michael Ellis | Talent Acquisition Specialist & Executive Search Consultant, Resourgenix| South Africa

Read what recruiters say about the AI Fluency Workshops with reviews from LinkedIn and Trustpilot.

Ready To Talk?

Whether it's a one-off workshop, a team programme, or an AI vendor evaluation, the first half-hour conversation is always complimentary so we can check we're a fit. Send me a message to book some time for us to chat.

Fluency is only half the picture. Once your recruiters trust their judgement with AI, the next win is finding the people everyone else misses. Have a look at Talent Sourcing Training, or head back to all Recruitment Training Services to see what else fits your team.

Curious First? Take The Assessment

🧠 How AI fluent is your team, actually? My free 7-minute assessment measures what recruiters actually do with AI, not what they say they do. You'll get an AI Fluency Profile, a category breakdown, and a benchmark against recruiters worldwide.

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