Part 1: Welcome to the AI Career Academy!

I built these resources while working in higher education, to give job seekers and the people who support them something trustworthy to turn to at any hour. I have kept refining and expanding them for every client I serve, in community workshops and beyond campus. Every guide follows the same principle: AI is the navigation tool. You are always the driver.

These six PDF guides are free to download:

For job seekers

• Your AI GPS Career Toolkit. The complete guide to the modern job search, from applicant tracking systems and LinkedIn to interviews, offers, and ethical AI use at every career stage.
• How to Conduct a First Time Job Search. A guided, fillable workbook that walks first time job seekers through six stages, from knowing yourself to interviewing and deciding.

For career advisors, educators, and coaches

• AI Ethics Quiz. A ten question assessment that builds a shared foundation in five ethical principles for AI use.
• Critical Evaluation Framework. Five lenses for judging what AI produces before it reaches an employer.
• Can You Defend Every Word? A Constraint Design Guide. How to design courses, assignments, and AI coaching agents that keep the thinking with the student.
• Organize, Don’t Replace. Three ways to build AI tools that help students organize their own thinking and never write for them.

New in 2026, available for purchase: My textbook, Can You Defend Every Word? Ethical AI for Career Advisors Who Coach, Teach, and Build, brings together the full framework behind these free guides. It is sold separately on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HQH99BTN