Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming part of the everyday workplace, helping professionals save time, improve productivity, generate ideas, analyze information, and tackle tasks more efficiently.

As a Grow with Google partner, the West Geauga Chamber of Commerce is pleased to share a new training opportunity designed to help local professionals develop practical, workplace-ready AI skills: the Google AI Professional Certificate.

Created by experts at Google, the certificate goes beyond simply introducing participants to artificial intelligence. The program focuses on how AI can be used as a practical tool in real-world work situations, regardless of a person's industry or previous experience with AI.

Learn AI by Using It

The Google AI Professional Certificate includes more than 20 hands-on activities designed around tasks professionals regularly encounter in the workplace.

Participants will learn how to use generative AI to:

• Streamline repetitive and time-consuming tasks

• Develop and refine business strategies

• Generate and improve creative ideas

• Research and organize information more efficiently

• Create useful workplace solutions with AI

• Work more effectively with Google's AI tools

• Build a portfolio of AI projects demonstrating their new skills

No previous AI experience is required, making the program accessible to business owners, employees, managers, entrepreneurs, students, and professionals who simply want to become more comfortable using AI in their daily work.

AI Skills Are Becoming Workplace Skills

As businesses continue adopting artificial intelligence, knowing how to work effectively with AI is becoming an increasingly valuable professional skill.

Google reports that 70% of employers would prioritize hiring a candidate with AI skills over a candidate with more years of experience, while AI-fluent professionals report positive career outcomes including promotions, new jobs, and increased wages. Google research also found that AI-fluent professionals save an average of eight hours per week through their use of AI.

For small businesses in particular, those productivity gains can be significant. AI can help employees accomplish routine work faster while giving business owners and their teams more time to focus on customers, growth, strategy, and other high-value responsibilities.

Flexible Training Designed for Working Professionals

The Google AI Professional Certificate is designed to be completed online and at your own pace. Participants can work through the complete program or select coursework most relevant to their professional needs.

The emphasis throughout the program is on practical application—learning by actually using AI rather than simply studying how the technology works.

Google is also currently offering participants who enroll in the certificate three months of Google AI Pro at no additional charge, subject to Google's applicable terms and eligibility requirements.

Continuing to Bring Google Resources to the West Geauga Community

The West Geauga Chamber of Commerce is committed to helping area businesses and professionals access resources that encourage growth, strengthen skills, and prepare our local workforce for a changing business environment.

Through our relationship with Grow with Google, the Chamber is able to connect members with educational programs, training opportunities, and resources developed by Google. Chamber membership also currently includes access to a free Google Career Certificate scholarship as one of its member benefits.

Programs like the Google AI Professional Certificate provide another opportunity for businesses and individuals in the West Geauga community to develop skills they can immediately put to work.

Learn More About the Google AI Professional Certificate

Business owners, employees, students, and professionals interested in expanding their AI skills can learn more and enroll through Grow with Google.

Learn more about the Google AI Professional Certificate:
https://grow.google/ai-professional/

To learn more about the West Geauga Chamber of Commerce, Chamber membership, and additional resources available to local businesses, visit wgchamber.com.