Writing AI HR prompts and building AI HR agents

Most HR teams have already experimented with AI. You may have tried ChatGPT, attended a webinar, or explored a pilot. Still, there’s often a gap between occasional experimentation and actually using AI in your daily HR work.

AI is evolving rapidly and goes far beyond simple chat interfaces. With the rise of AI agents (systems that can plan, decide, and act autonomously) HR is entering a fundamental shift. From candidate screening and onboarding to policy questions and employee analytics: the applications are practical and ready to use.

Waiting is not a strategy. By getting started now, you build an advantage in prompting skills, designing AI agents, and understanding where agentic AI is heading. If you wait, you risk constantly catching up in a landscape that evolves every quarter.

Program

Morning – Part 1 – The AI Landscape & Prompting Mastery

• You gain insight into the current AI landscape and the role of AI agents in HR
• You move from basic usage to advanced prompting techniques (such as role prompting and chain-of-thought reasoning)
  
• You learn how to work with AI at an expert level
  
• You apply real-life HR examples hands-on

Morning – Part 2 – Live AI Agent Demonstrations

• You see live demonstrations of AI agents solving real HR challenges
• You learn the five building blocks of a reliable AI agent
  
• You understand how these agents fit into existing HR processes

Afternoon – Part 1 – Building Your First AI Agent

• You write your first system prompt and define clear guardrails
  
• You design and build a working AI agent (no coding required)
  
• You work hands-on with structured output and configuration
  
• You test and improve agents together with other participants

Afternoon – Part 2 – Autonomous Agentic AI & the Road Ahead

• You explore AI that can plan, decide, and act autonomously
  
• You understand how HR processes will change in the next 12 months
  
• You see examples of multi-agent systems in HR

Afternoon – Part 3 – Use Case Identification & Action Planning

• You identify the most valuable AI use case for your HR organization
  
• You assess your organization’s AI maturity
  
• You create a concrete AI action plan you can apply immediately

Objectives

After this training you can:

1. Structure effective prompts for complex HR challenges
   
2. Design and build a working AI agent using the five-block framework
   
3. Identify the most valuable AI use cases for your HR practice
   
4. Understand where agentic AI is heading and what it means for HR
   
5. Define concrete next steps to apply AI in your work from day one

Practical information

This is a hands-on training, so you’ll actively get to work yourself. Please bring your own laptop so you can apply everything directly during the exercises.

After completing the program participants receive the Highberg People & Organization training certificate.

This training is for HR professionals who want to move beyond experimentation and start applying AI in practice, such as:

• HR Business Partners
• HR Operations leads
• Talent Acquisition specialists
• L&D professionals

The workshop is conducted by Jasper van Puijenbroek.

Jasper is a Management Consultant at Highberg and a trainer at Gladwell Academy. He helps HR organizations navigate complex digital transformations and design future-proof business processes.