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Advise others on business or operational matters

Work activity · O*NET

Advise others on business or operational matters is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Providing Consultation and Advice to Others. 110 occupations report doing it as part of their work.

What it involves

The most common detailed activities O*NET records under this category, ranked by how many occupation tasks map to each.

  • Advise others on business or operational matters
  • Recommend technical design or process changes to improve efficiency, quality, or performance
  • Recommend organizational process or policy changes
  • Advise others on ways to improve processes or products
  • Advise others on human resources topics
  • Recommend changes or corrective procedures
  • Advise others on issues related to repairs, installation, or equipment design
  • Advise others on analytical techniques

How AI is applied to this activity

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study mapped real Bing Copilot conversations to O*NET work activities. The figures below are their measurements for this activity — they describe how AI is used today in one assistant's data, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

AI completes it successfully 92.1% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 37.6% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 71.4% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 90th pct Percentile across all measured activities by how often AI performs them

Source: Microsoft "Working with AI" (working-with-ai). A high completion rate means AI can assist the activity in isolation — it does not mean an occupation that performs it is being automated, since every job blends many activities.

Detailed work activities

The more granular units of work O*NET groups under this activity, ordered by how many occupations perform them.

Occupations that perform this activity

Ranked by how many of the occupation's tasks map to this activity.

Occupation Tasks
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists 4
Treasurers and Controllers 4
Agricultural Inspectors 3
Freight Forwarders 3
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists 3
Mechanical Engineers 3
Accountants and Auditors 2
Animal Scientists 2
Automotive Engineering Technicians 2
Aviation Inspectors 2
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers 2
Community Health Workers 2
Computer Hardware Engineers 2
Customs Brokers 2
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 2
Environmental Compliance Inspectors 2
Financial Quantitative Analysts 2
Financial Risk Specialists 2
First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand 2
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 2
First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators 2
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts 2
Human Resources Specialists 2
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 2
Logistics Engineers 2
Loss Prevention Managers 2
Machinists 2
Management Analysts 2
Marketing Managers 2
Mechatronics Engineers 2
Security Management Specialists 2
Urban and Regional Planners 2
Water/Wastewater Engineers 2
Administrative Services Managers 1
Architectural and Civil Drafters 1
Bioinformatics Scientists 1
Business Continuity Planners 1
Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products 1
Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers 1
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels 1

Showing 40 of 110 occupations.

Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 37 occupations in occupations that perform Advise others on business or operational matters.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Machinists Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels Administrative Services Managers Agricultural Inspectors First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers Automotive Engineering Technicians Environmental Compliance Inspectors Loss Prevention Managers Mechatronics Engineers Architectural and Civil Drafters Water/Wastewater Engineers Human Resources Specialists Accountants and Auditors Freight Forwarders AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Advise others on business or operational matters., by AI task-overlap and median pay

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Advise others on business or operational matters." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activities/advise-others-on-business-or-operational-matters

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Advise others on business or operational matters. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/advise-others-on-business-or-operational-matters

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-advise-others-on-business-or-operational-matters,
  title  = {Advise others on business or operational matters},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activities/advise-others-on-business-or-operational-matters}
}

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