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Run your recruitment desk with Claude.

A practical Savage Recruitment Academy course built for the real work of recruitment. John Bourke takes you through the AI workflows he used to run his own agency: detailed walkthroughs, real data and tools your team can put to work immediately.

John Bourke on stage at Talent X, speaking on AI and automation in recruitment
Talent X · on AI & automation in recruitment
Your instructor

Why John Bourke is running this course.

John Bourke has spent years helping recruiters move beyond AI theory and use it in the day-to-day work of running a desk. After appearances on the Recruitment United podcast, webinars for the RCSA and conversations across the industry, the same question kept coming up: how does he actually use Claude in the business?

He founded and ran Start Group, a Sydney rec-to-rec agency and three-time NSW Rec2Rec Agency of the Year, building AI and automation into its everyday operations. He also spoke about AI in recruitment at Talent X four years ago, before most of the industry had begun putting it to work.

John went on to build RecView, the recruitment-first AI platform that captures calls, meetings and interviews, turns them into structured notes and pushes the work forward. Used by hundreds of recruiters globally, RecView saves teams around two hours per recruiter each day and is backed by TinySeed and the RCSA.

John is running this course to give recruiters a clear, practical route from curiosity to capability. Through hands-on tutorials, reusable resources and a monthly live Q&A, he shows recruitment teams how to apply Claude to sourcing, business development and operations — in the flow of real work.

Start Group
3× NSW Rec2Rec Agency of the Year
RecView
used by 100s of recruiters globally
Talent X
spoke on AI 4 years ago
What's inside

What you'll learn.

Nine modules. First you build the assistant: set it up, plug it into your tools, and let it run tasks on its own. Then you make it look the part and easy to find. Then you point it at the real work: sourcing, BD and ops. Each one's the same simple shape: what it covers in a line, then the practical things you'll walk away able to do.

01 foundations

Get set up: skills, plugins, connections

Stand up your workspace and meet the three building blocks everything else runs on: skills, plugins and connections.

Setting Claude up the right way from day one
What skills, plugins and connections each actually do
Your first one running real recruitment work
02 connections

Plug Claude into your tools

Link Claude to where your work already lives (inbox, calendar, ATS, LinkedIn) so it works off real data, not copy-paste.

Connecting your inbox, calendar and ATS
Wiring up LinkedIn and your sourcing tools
Letting Claude read and write where you work
03 automation

Tasks that run themselves

Set up recurring jobs that do the work while you're on the phone: the morning brief, the chase list, the pipeline tidy-up.

Scheduling a task to run every morning
Recurring chasers, updates and reports
Handing repeat admin off for good
04 assistants

Build your first AI assistant

Put modules 1–3 together into one assistant that knows your desk and works the way you do.

Combining setup, connections and tasks into one
Teaching it your voice and your process
A working assistant you run from day one
05 design

Claude Design: look the part

Use Claude to shape your brand and candidate-facing creative so a small agency looks like a serious one.

A look-and-feel Claude sticks to every time
Job ads and social posts that don't look generic
On-brand templates you reuse without a designer
06 web + seo

Drag your website out of 2011, and win SEO

Rebuild or refresh your agency site with Claude, then make sure clients and candidates actually find it.

A fast, modern site you can edit yourself
Pages and job ads that search engines rank
Tracking what's working without the jargon
07 sourcing

Sourcing on autopilot

Point your assistant at the candidate side: search, screen and shortlist without the slog.

Turning a spec into searches that work
Screening CVs against the must-haves
A callable shortlist, ranked and ready
08 business dev

BD without the cold-call dread

Research targets, find the real angle, and run outreach that sounds like you, not a template.

Researching a company before you reach out
A reason to call that's actually relevant
Outreach and follow-ups in your voice
09 ops

Ops that runs the back of the desk

Hand the repetitive desk work to your assistant (formatting, logging, chasing, reporting) so nothing slips.

CVs and notes in your house style, automatically
Your ATS kept tidy without retyping
The chasers and reports that run themselves

// Modules may shift slightly before launch. The shape won't.

What's included

What's included, plainly.

A monthly live Q&A call

Bring whatever you're stuck on. John hosts a live session each month to work through it with you.

Self-paced video tutorials

Short, practical walkthroughs you can follow on your own time, no deadlines.

Resources & downloads

Prompts, templates and setups you can lift straight into your own desk.

Access for your whole team

It's not just for you. Bring the people who'll actually run it day to day.

Part of the Academy

Love the way you learn.

RecGPT sits inside the Savage Recruitment Academy, Greg Savage's training platform built on five decades in recruitment. The academy teaches the craft: candidates, clients, BD, leadership. This course adds the missing piece: running all of it with Claude. One home, one standard, and the same promise: learn at your pace, in the flow of work.

SRA Learner
Learn at your own pace

Two hundred hours of on-demand recruitment training, from rookie to director. Pathways, testing, badges and certificates.

SRA Coach
Coaching in the flow of work

AI-enhanced advice in the moment, including the Ask Greg extension for real-time answers to any recruitment question.

RecGPT · this course
Run your desk with Claude

Nine hands-on modules from John Bourke on assistants, automation, sourcing, BD and ops. The AI arm of the academy.

Explore the Academy // thesra.co · recruitment training on demand
A few honest questions

Before you ask.

Do I need to be technical?

No. If you can use email and a browser, you're ready. The course starts from a blank slate and builds from there. Nothing assumes you can code.

How much time does this take?

As little as you want. It's self-paced: watch a tutorial, try it on a real role, then bring questions to the monthly call. No deadlines, no homework guilt.

Is this just generic AI tips?

No. John built it around the work of running a recruitment desk, drawing on eight years leading his own agency. The examples are roles, candidates, clients and the admin that actually eats your day.

Can my whole team use it?

Yes. It's built for whole desks, not just owners. Bring the people who'll actually run it day to day.

How does this fit into the Savage Recruitment Academy?

RecGPT is the Claude course inside the academy. The SRA teaches the craft of recruitment; this course teaches you to run your desk with AI. Same home, same standard, different skill.

When does it launch?

Soon. Join the waitlist and we'll email you the date.

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