Getting started with Claude

What you will be able to do

Skills you add to your Herizon profile when you finish: Claude, AI for Productivity.

• How to write prompts that give a useful first draft
• How to attach documents and have Claude compare, summarize or extract information
• How to use projects to give Claude files and instructions that stay between chats
• How to hand a longer task to Cowork and check what comes back
• What Claude Code is and whether you need it
• How to check Claude's facts before you repeat them

Who it is for

Working professionals who want to use Claude in a real task. No technical background required. The course is designed for the Herizon community of international professionals in Finland, and the skills apply everywhere.

The situation you work through

Sofia Andrade, a made-up operations coordinator in Helsinki, applies for one operations manager job at Polku Labs and uses chat, a project and Cowork through one week.

Your practice task

Run Sofia's week on one real job ad you would apply for. Make a one page log with four parts: a table of the ad's requirements marked covered or gap against your CV, the exact prompt you used for the cover letter and the final letter, a list of the facts Claude gave you about the employer each marked right or wrong with the source you checked, and a short note on what Claude said was weak in your interview answers and what you changed. Submit the log as evidence.

What is inside

1. What Claude is
2. Your first real conversation
3. Working with files and documents
4. Writing prompts that work
5. Using projects for ongoing work
6. Claude for your daily work

and 10 more pages

Finish with a short quiz to earn your certificate.