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Perform human resources activities

Work activity · O*NET

Perform human resources activities is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Staffing Organizational Units. 26 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.

  • Perform human resources activities
  • Administer compensation or benefits programs
  • Administer standardized physical or psychological tests

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 94.7% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 12.8% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 69.0% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 57th 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
Human Resources Managers 4
Compensation and Benefits Managers 3
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 3
Human Resources Specialists 2
Barbers 1
Chefs and Head Cooks 1
Childcare Workers 1
Clinical Neuropsychologists 1
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists 1
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists 1
Costume Attendants 1
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 1
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services 1
First-Line Supervisors of Passenger Attendants 1
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 1
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 1
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 1
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping 1
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists 1
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers 1
Neuropsychologists 1
School Psychologists 1
Security Managers 1
Social Science Research Assistants 1
Spa Managers 1
Treasurers and Controllers 1
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 25 occupations in occupations that perform Perform human resources activities.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Barbers Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers Costume Attendants Childcare Workers Chefs and Head Cooks Security Managers First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers Clinical and Counseling Psychologists First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services School Psychologists Compensation and Benefits Managers Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists Clinical Neuropsychologists Social Science Research Assistants Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Perform human resources activities., 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. "Perform human resources activities." 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/perform-human-resources-activities

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Perform human resources activities. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/perform-human-resources-activities

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-perform-human-resources-activities,
  title  = {Perform human resources activities},
  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/perform-human-resources-activities}
}

Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.