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Perform recruiting or hiring activities

Work activity · O*NET

Perform recruiting or hiring activities is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Staffing Organizational Units. 57 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.

  • Hire personnel
  • Recruit personnel
  • Administer personnel recruitment or hiring activities
  • Select staff, team members, or performers
  • Conduct eligibility or selection interviews
  • Participate in staffing decisions
  • Audition or interview potential performers or staff members
  • Hire farming, fishing or forestry workers

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 90.0% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 20.0% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 60.4% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 35th 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 Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping 5
Human Resources Specialists 5
Coaches and Scouts 4
Talent Directors 4
Compliance Officers 3
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 3
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers 3
Human Resources Managers 3
Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes 2
Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary 2
Computer and Information Systems Managers 2
Directors, Religious Activities and Education 2
Editors 2
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 2
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling 2
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 2
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers 2
Information Technology Project Managers 2
Medical and Health Services Managers 2
Music Directors and Composers 2
Natural Sciences Managers 2
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents 2
Producers and Directors 2
Project Management Specialists 2
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary 2
Social Science Research Assistants 2
Social and Community Service Managers 2
Administrative Services Managers 1
Art Directors 1
Chief Executives 1
Choreographers 1
Computer User Support Specialists 1
Computer and Information Research Scientists 1
Construction Managers 1
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare 1
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 1
Farm Labor Contractors 1
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers 1
Financial Managers 1
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 1

Showing 40 of 57 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 40 occupations in occupations that perform Perform recruiting or hiring 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 Farm Labor Contractors First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers Choreographers First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers Administrative Services Managers Coaches and Scouts Postmasters and Mail Superintendents Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling Music Directors and Composers Producers and Directors Computer and Information Research Scientists Education Administrators, Postsecondary Medical and Health Services Managers Directors, Religious Activities and Education First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Perform recruiting or hiring 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 recruiting or hiring 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-recruiting-or-hiring-activities

APA

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

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-perform-recruiting-or-hiring-activities,
  title  = {Perform recruiting or hiring 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-recruiting-or-hiring-activities}
}

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