AI & Hiring for Small Business

Hiring has always been one of the hardest parts of running a small business. AI has changed it again, and not always for the better.
Your candidates are using AI to write their résumés and cover letters. Many of those tools read your job posting, social media posts, and website first to tailor the application. That means what you put online shapes who applies, whether you meant it to or not. At the same time, a growing number of AI platforms promise to screen candidates automatically. Some are useful. Others are built on pattern matching that quietly bakes in bias, and a few likely run afoul of human rights protections in Canada.

Join Avery Swartz, tech educator, bestselling author, and founder of Camp Tech, for a practical evening on hiring well in the age of AI. Avery will show you how these tools actually work, where they help, and where they cause harm. Expect real examples, live demonstrations, and plenty of time for your questions.

TUES NOV 12 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM | Tim Taylor Lounge at Rotary Complex

You will leave knowing how to:
● Use AI to write a job posting that attracts the right people
● Understand what your website is signalling to potential employees
● Spot AI hiring tools that are risky, discriminatory, or both
● Decide where AI belongs in your hiring process and where it does not

No jargon, and no technical background needed.

REGISTER HERE

Questions? Contact Emma at ebrommer@splibrary.ca or phone 519-271-0220 x 146.

Avery Swartz is the founder and CEO of Camp Tech, where she and her colleagues have taught technology and AI skills to more than 55,000 Canadians. She is the resident tech expert on CTV's Your Morning, is regularly heard on CBC Radio across Canada, and is the best-selling author of See You on the Internet: Building Your Small Business with Digital Marketing.

This program is sponsored by Perth Community Futures Development Corporation. 

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