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The Graduate’s Guide to Getting Hired in the AI Era

Build a career AI can’t replace. 

Graduate hiring in 2026 looks nothing like it did two years ago. Employers are redesigning assessments, watching for AI-polished answers, and rejecting candidates who can’t explain their own work.

At the same time, they still want people who can use AI well.

The people getting hired right now aren’t the ones with the best AI prompts. They’re the ones with real skills, real taste, and real proof of their work.

Price

£39.99

Themes

Start date

15.Jun.2026

Duration

4 weeks

Format

Online

Schedule

27th July - August 14th

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Perfect for...

Final-year or recent grad chasing a scheme. Using AI daily. Worried your applications sound like everyone else's. Graduated a while ago, stuck in a "just for now" job, and ready to move. You need evidence, not another CV template. You're not chasing a scheme. You want to build, create, freelance, or carve a path the old careers service can't map.

The Curriculum

Our curriculums bring together core AI and digital skills with practical, real‑world projects. From fundamentals to advanced applications, they’re designed to help learners build confidence, apply learning, and build momentum toward future‑proof careers.

Building A Career AI Can't Replace

The ground has shifted. Entry-level roles are fewer, the advice is outdated, and AI is changing what employers actually want from graduates. This opening session sets the frame for everything that follows — what’s really happening in the job market, what a career built on judgement looks like, and why proof is the only thing that holds up under pressure. Led by Sobanan, with the full team on to introduce themselves and their paths.

What AI Fluency Actually Looks Like

Most AI training teaches you a tool. This session teaches you how to learn any tool, which is the skill that actually compounds. Pratik covers the habits that separate people who use AI well from people who just use it, and the difference between accelerating your thinking and replacing it.

Taste: Why It's The Word Of 2026

When everything can be generated, the ability to tell what’s good becomes the rarest skill in the room. Sarrujan unpacks why taste is showing up in hiring conversations, what it actually means outside of creative industries, and how you demonstrate it in interviews and portfolios without sounding like you’re trying too hard. This session is about developing a point of view and being able to defend it.

Why Marketing Is Now Everyone's Job

Sales and storytelling have always mattered. AI can write the copy but it can’t decide what story is worth telling or why anyone should care. If you want to build a personal brand, move up inside a company, launch something on the side, or just make your applications stop sounding like everyone else’s — you need these skills. Jasmine covers the fundamentals: what marketing actually is when you strip it back, the specific capabilities that translate across contexts, and how to start practising them now.

Not Waiting For Permission

The graduates getting ahead right now aren’t waiting to be given a shot. They’re creating evidence before anyone asks for it. Amira covers what it actually looks like to take initiative without a job title, how to build credibility through work you own, and why the traditional route of scheme-to-promotion is no longer the only way to build something that compounds.

Learn more than just prompt-writing

Breakthrough AI programmes are designed for people who don’t just want to use AI — they want to use it with intention, clarity and confidence. You’ll learn how to apply AI in ways that support your values, sharpen your thinking and create meaningful, human-centred work for a new era.

  • Learn practical frameworks, not just tools and prompts
  • Build confidence using AI without losing your voice or values
  • Leave with clarity, momentum and work you can actually use

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£39.99

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FAQs

What happens if I can't make a live session?

All of our sessions are recorded and will be available to stream the day of.

What's your refund policy?

Our courses run through Maven so we’ve adopted Maven’s standard refund policies, which you can find here. TLDR: your satisfaction, guaranteed!

Why are your courses priced much lower than other courses on Maven?

Our pricing reflects our mission, not a lack of value. We invest deeply in the quality and care of our courses, but as a social enterprise we choose to keep prices low to make learning accessible.

It is not too good to be true, it is a deliberate decision to prioritise inclusion while reinvesting revenue into our wider impact programmes.

I want to take the course but I cannot afford the price. What should I do?

We reserve a number of fully funded places in every cohort to ensure our courses remain accessible. If cost is a barrier for you, please email fill in the form on our Financial Support page to request an application form for a no cost place.

What you'll get out of this course

Figure out what kind of career you actually want and which path gets you there

→ Most graduates apply to everything and hope something sticks. You leave with a direction specific enough to build toward.
→ Career paths look different in 2026. This course shows you the real options and helps you choose one with confidence.

Understand the shift you are living through, not just the tools in front of you

→ AI is not a feature of the job market. It is a restructuring of it. You leave able to see that clearly and move through it deliberately.
→ The graduates who understood computers in 1985 didn't just get jobs. They shaped industries. AI is that moment now.

Develop the taste and judgement that employers are now screening for

→ Taste is not aesthetic preference. In 2026 it is a professional signal. This course teaches you what it means and how to show it.
→ AI can produce anything. The skill now is knowing what good looks like. Learn how your judgement is now your career defining skill.

See the full range of routes into work, not just the traditional ones

→ The traditional path is shrinking. The alternatives are growing. You leave knowing which one fits your situation and how to pursue it.
→ Non-linear does not mean chaotic. It means deliberate in a different way. This course helps you build a path that adds up to something.