Confer with clients to determine needs.

Confer with clients to determine needs. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 13 occupations and seen in 13 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Confer with clients to determine needs or order specifications. in Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates .

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 13 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 7 (54%) 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 4 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.

• Confer with clients regarding price and type of arrangement desired and the date, time, and place of delivery. · Floral Designers · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
• Confer with client to determine factors affecting planning of interior environments, such as budget, architectural preferences, purpose, and function. · Interior Designers · importance 4.6 · exposure with tools
• Confer with clients and staff to gather information about exhibit space, proposed themes and content, timelines, budgets, materials, or promotion requirements. · Set and Exhibit Designers · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Determine project goals, locations, and equipment needs by studying assignments and consulting with clients or advertising staff. · Photographers · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Confer with clients to determine objectives, budget, background information, and presentation approaches, styles, and techniques. · Art Directors · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Confer with clients to discuss and determine layout design. · Graphic Designers · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Discuss with the client the product, advertising themes and methods, and any changes that should be made in advertising copy. · Writers and Authors · importance 4.2 · direct LLM exposure
• Discuss data presentation requirements with clients. · Statistical Assistants · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure
• Confer with customer representatives, vendors, plant executives, or publisher to establish technical specifications and to determine subject material to be developed for publication. · Technical Writers · importance 3.5 · no direct exposure
• Discuss translation requirements with clients and determine any fees to be charged for services provided. · Interpreters and Translators · importance 3.5 · direct LLM exposure
• Confer with customers to assess customer needs or obtain feedback. · Craft Artists · importance 3.3 · no direct exposure
• Discuss production requirements with clients. · Broadcast Technicians · importance 3.1 · no direct exposure
• Communicate with clients or venue owners to determine event information, such as music preferences, scheduling, and anticipated attendance. · Disc Jockeys, Except Radio · direct LLM exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Floral Designers
• Interior Designers
• Set and Exhibit Designers
• Photographers
• Art Directors
• Graphic Designers
• Writers and Authors
• Statistical Assistants
• Technical Writers
• Interpreters and Translators
• Craft Artists
• Broadcast Technicians
• Disc Jockeys, Except Radio

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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  title  = {Confer with clients to determine needs.},
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  year   = {2026},
  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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