Advise others on business or operational matters.

Advise others on business or operational matters. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 28 occupations and seen in 40 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Advise others on business or operational matters. in Providing Consultation and Advice to Others .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 40 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 39 (98%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 21 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.013% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Provide advice on best practices and implementation for selection. · Industrial-Organizational Psychologists · importance 4.7 · exposure with tools
• Advise planning officials on project feasibility, cost-effectiveness, regulatory conformance, or possible alternatives. · Urban and Regional Planners · importance 4.6 · exposure with tools
• Report to management about asset utilization and audit results, and recommend changes in operations and financial activities. · Accountants and Auditors · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Advise producers about improved products and techniques that could enhance their animal production efforts. · Animal Scientists · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Recommend approval, denial, or conditional approval of proposals. · Urban and Regional Planners · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Recommend actions in fraud cases. · Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Document findings of study and prepare recommendations for implementation of new systems, procedures, or organizational changes. · Management Analysts · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Present investment information, such as product risks, fees, or fund performance statistics. · Investment Fund Managers · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Advise management concerning personnel, managerial, and marketing policies and practices and their potential effects on organizational effectiveness and efficiency. · Industrial-Organizational Psychologists · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Recommend improvements in security systems or procedures. · Security Management Specialists · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Recommend energy-efficient technologies or alternate energy sources. · Energy Auditors · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Recommend mark-up rates, mark-down rates, or merchandise selling prices. · Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Advise management on short-term and long-term financial objectives, policies, and actions. · Treasurers and Controllers · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Provide technical or administrative support for sustainability programs or issues. · Sustainability Specialists · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Provide advice and consultation on economic relationships to businesses, public and private agencies, and other employers. · Economists · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Advise businesses or agencies on ways to improve fraud detection. · Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Evaluate recruitment or selection criteria to ensure conformance to professional, statistical, or testing standards, recommending revisions, as needed. · Human Resources Specialists · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Advise internal management or business partners on the implementation or operation of compliance programs. · Compliance Managers · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Provide direction and assistance to other organizational units regarding accounting and budgeting policies and procedures and efficient control and utilization of financial resources. · Treasurers and Controllers · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Identify quality problems and recommend solutions. · Quality Control Analysts · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Prepare management recommendations, such as proposed fee and tariff increases or schedule changes. · Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Recommend personnel actions related to programs and services. · Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Review and evaluate new and current programs to determine their efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance with state, local, and federal regulations and recommend any necessary modifications. · Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Recommend disposal of excess, defective, or obsolete stock. · Stockers and Order Fillers · importance 3.6 · no direct exposure
• Provide system design and integration recommendations. · Security Management Specialists · importance 3.6 · exposure with tools
• Research and perform calculations related to landscape allowances, discharge volumes, production-based and alternative limits, and wastewater strength classifications, making recommendations and completing documentation. · Environmental Compliance Inspectors · importance 3.6 · exposure with tools
• Make recommendations to control or eliminate unsafe conditions at workplaces or public facilities. · Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools
• Advise dealers and distributors on policies and operating procedures to ensure functional effectiveness of business. · Sales Managers · importance 3.3 · exposure with tools
• Advise farm groups or growers on land preparation or livestock care techniques that will maximize the quantity and quality of production. · Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products · importance 3.2 · exposure with tools
• Recommend purchase of storage equipment and design area layout to locate equipment in space available. · Management Analysts · importance 3.2 · exposure with tools
• Participate in the development of spill prevention programs and hazardous waste rules and regulations, and recommend corrective actions for hazardous waste problems. · Environmental Compliance Inspectors · importance 3.2 · exposure with tools
• Provide consulting services in fields such as resource development and management, business location and market area analysis, environmental hazards, regional cultural history, and urban social planning. · Geographers · importance 3.2 · exposure with tools
• Advise business or other groups on local, national, or international factors affecting the buying or selling of products or services. · Marketing Managers · importance 3.1 · exposure with tools
• Advise retail establishments on development of loss-investigation procedures. · Loss Prevention Managers · importance 3.1 · exposure with tools
• Determine depreciation rates to apply to capitalized items and advise management on actions regarding the purchase, lease, or disposal of such items. · Treasurers and Controllers · importance 3.0 · exposure with tools
• Recommend new systems and processes to improve operations. · Bioinformatics Scientists · importance 3.0 · exposure with tools
• Suggest best methods of packaging or labeling products. · Customs Brokers · importance 2.9 · exposure with tools
• Advise clients on aspects of capitalization, such as amounts, sources, or timing. · Financial and Investment Analysts · exposure with tools
• Inform customers of contracts or other information pertaining to purchased services. · Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel · direct LLM exposure
• Recommend ways to control or reduce risk. · Financial Risk Specialists · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
• Urban and Regional Planners
• Accountants and Auditors
• Animal Scientists
• Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts
• Management Analysts
• Investment Fund Managers
• Security Management Specialists
• Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products
• Energy Auditors
• Economists
• Human Resources Specialists
• Compliance Managers
• Quality Control Analysts
• Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
• Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare
• Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
• Stockers and Order Fillers
• Environmental Compliance Inspectors
• Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
• Sales Managers
• Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products
• Geographers
• Marketing Managers
• Bioinformatics Scientists
• Financial and Investment Analysts
• Financial Risk Specialists
• Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel

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.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

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  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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