Role-Based Programme
RB0178

Perplexity for Human Resources

AI-Powered Research & Workforce Intelligence

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Duration
4 Hours
Level
Awareness
Delivery
Instructor-Led
Format
Awareness Session

Programme Objectives

  • Understand how Perplexity can support evidence-based research across key Human Resources activities.
  • Explore effective query techniques for talent-market research, workforce trends, skills intelligence, benchmarking, and HR policy research.
  • Apply Perplexity to discover, compare, synthesise, and verify information from multiple sources.
  • Experience how external research and uploaded HR documents can be combined to create structured HR insights.
  • Recognise source quality, recency, privacy, bias, confidentiality, and human-judgement requirements when using AI-assisted research in HR.

Tools covered

Perplexity SearchPro SearchSources & CitationsFile UploadsResearch Mode OverviewProjects OverviewInternal Knowledge Search where enabled

Who should attend

  • HR Business Partners
  • HR Managers
  • Talent Acquisition Professionals
  • Learning & Development Professionals
  • Talent Management Professionals
  • Workforce Planning Professionals
  • HR Operations Professionals
  • Employee Experience Professionals
  • Compensation & Benefits Professionals
  • HR Analytics Professionals
  • People Strategy Professionals
  • Organisational Development Professionals
  • HR Leaders

Prerequisites & Participant Readiness

  • Basic understanding of Human Resources activities
  • Familiarity with recruitment, workforce planning, learning, policy, or employee-related research is helpful
  • Basic internet research skills
  • No AI or programming knowledge required
  • No previous Perplexity experience required

TOC Modules

Concepts
  • Understanding Perplexity as an AI-powered search and research platform
  • Understanding the Question → Search → Sources → Synthesis → Verification workflow
  • Identifying suitable HR research areas such as talent markets, workforce trends, skills, policies, and benchmarking
  • Understanding the difference between AI-generated synthesis and verified source evidence
Practical activities
  • Exploring Perplexity through common HR research questions
  • Comparing a traditional web-search activity with a Perplexity-assisted research approach

Scenarios

Talent Market & Skills Intelligence

Workforce Requirement → Perplexity Research → Talent Trends → Skill Demand → Source Validation → HR Intelligence Brief

Participants use Perplexity to research talent availability, emerging skill requirements, and workforce trends for a selected role or business area, producing a source-backed brief for HR and talent-planning discussions.

HR Benchmarking & Policy Research

HR Question → Industry / Regulatory Research → Multiple Sources → Benchmark Comparison → Key Findings → Internal Review Questions

Participants use Perplexity to investigate an HR practice or policy topic, compare evidence across credible sources, and prepare structured findings for professional HR review rather than treating AI output as final policy guidance.

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