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Provide support or encouragement to others

Work activity · O*NET

Provide support or encouragement to others is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Developing and Building Teams. 47 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.

  • Support the professional development of others
  • Encourage students
  • Interact with patients to build rapport or provide emotional support
  • Encourage patients during therapeutic activities
  • Visit individuals in their homes to provide support or information
  • Encourage patients or clients to develop life skills

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 80.3% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 18.0% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 70.1% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 97th 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
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 3
Legislators 2
Occupational Therapy Assistants 2
Psychiatric Aides 2
Psychiatric Technicians 2
Special Education Teachers, Preschool 2
Adapted Physical Education Specialists 1
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors 1
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses 1
Art Therapists 1
Astronomers 1
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School 1
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 1
Chief Sustainability Officers 1
Clergy 1
Clinical Nurse Specialists 1
Community Health Workers 1
Critical Care Nurses 1
Directors, Religious Activities and Education 1
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 1
Emergency Medical Technicians 1
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services 1
First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand 1
First-Line Supervisors of Passenger Attendants 1
Genetic Counselors 1
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 1
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 1
Music Therapists 1
Occupational Therapists 1
Occupational Therapy Aides 1
Paramedics 1
Physical Therapist Aides 1
Physical Therapist Assistants 1
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 1
Radiation Therapists 1
Recreation Workers 1
Recreational Therapists 1
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 1
Self-Enrichment Teachers 1

Showing 40 of 47 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 38 occupations in occupations that perform Provide support or encouragement to others.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Psychiatric Aides Physical Therapist Aides Occupational Therapy Aides Physical Therapist Assistants Paramedics Occupational Therapy Assistants Radiation Therapists Recreational Therapists Critical Care Nurses Recreation Workers Special Education Teachers, Preschool Self-Enrichment Teachers Community Health Workers Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors Chief Sustainability Officers Astronomers AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Provide support or encouragement to others., 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. "Provide support or encouragement to others." 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/provide-support-or-encouragement-to-others

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Provide support or encouragement to others. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/provide-support-or-encouragement-to-others

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-provide-support-or-encouragement-to-others,
  title  = {Provide support or encouragement to others},
  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/provide-support-or-encouragement-to-others}
}

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