Build Your AI Agent: Automate What's Holding You Back with Marc Stoecker

Build Your AI Agent: Automate What's Holding You Back

Most job seekers aren't failing because they lack talent or experience. They're overwhelmed. The inbox is a flood. The to-do list never shrinks. The important things keep getting buried by the urgent ones. And somewhere in that chaos, the best opportunities slip by unnoticed.

In this fifth installment of the AI Meets Human Insight series, Marc Stoecker shows you how to move beyond one-off prompts and build a personal AI system that works for you every single day, handling the repetitive, time-draining tasks of your job search and professional life so you can spend your energy on what only you can do. Using Claude and ChatGPT as the primary tools (with a look at how Gemini, Copilot, and other models fit in), you'll walk through step-by-step how to build a basic AI agent tailored to your job search or daily routine. You'll see live examples of AI sorting emails by priority, flagging spam, summarizing job leads, and generating daily nudges, no technical background required.

Building on the Synesthetic Intelligence™ framework woven throughout this series, we'll also tackle a critical question: how much autonomy should you actually give an AI? Drawing from OWASP's research on Excessive Agency, one of the most relevant AI risks for everyday users, Marc will help you define smart boundaries so your AI assistant amplifies your effectiveness without replacing your discernment, your relationships, or your authentic voice in the job search. As always in this series, the goal isn't to use AI for everything. It's to use it in the right places, so your human intelligence stays exactly where it matters most.

About the Speaker

Marc Stoecker is an ICF-credentialed coach, learning and development professional, and AI literacy educator with 20+ years of experience across government, corporate, and nonprofit sectors. As the founder of Prism of Purpose Coaching & Training, Marc helps mid-career professionals navigate transitions with clarity, confidence, and a practical edge. This session is the fifth in his ongoing AI Meets Human Insight workshop series for 40Plus of Greater Washington.

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