The post-nominal
Four letters after your name that state your grade: SIoAI at Student, AIoAI at Associate, PIoAI at Professional, FIoAI at Fellow.
Use it on
Your CV header, your email signature, your LinkedIn name field.
— Putting it to work —
Where an AI credential
belongs on your CV
An accredited grade from the Institute of AI comes with three things you can display: the post-nominal, the badge, and the public verification link. Each one has a place it works and places it does not.
— What you are given —
Three artefacts, and what
each one is for
The badge
A visual mark of your accredited grade, issued by the Institute of AI for you to display.
Use it on
LinkedIn, a personal site, a slide you present from.
The verification link
A public page confirming your grade and that it is still current, openable by anyone without contacting you.
Use it on
Your CV, your LinkedIn about section, the end of an application email.
— Four surfaces —
Exactly how to write it,
surface by surface
The post-nominal is paired with your standing and written in that order. Never the reverse, and never separated by a middot.
- CV header
Pair the post-nominal with your standing, in that order, then let the verification link do the rest.
Alex Whitfield, PIoAI, Accredited Member
- LinkedIn name and headline
The post-nominal belongs in the name field. The headline is where the grade earns its keep, because it is what recruiters search.
Accredited Member of the Institute of AI, Professional grade
- Email signature
One line under your name, with the verification link on the line below it. Resist the temptation to explain it; anyone who cares will follow the link.
Alex Whitfield, PIoAI, Accredited Member
- Application covering note
State the grade, state the framework it was assessed against, and hand over the link. Three clauses, no adjectives.
Accredited at Professional grade by the Institute of AI against its published competency framework.
— Earn the letters —
None of this works until the grade is real
Join the Institute of AI free, find out which grade your practice supports, and sit the assessment when you are ready to be measured against the framework.
— Related pages
— Proof
Prove your AI skills to employers
How an accredited grade becomes something a hiring manager can check for themselves, in seconds.
— Careers
Accreditation for job seekers
What to do first when you are looking for AI work and need something a recruiter can check.
— Levels
AI professional accreditation
The full four-level ladder explained, from Student through to Fellow, and who each grade is for.