Confer with coworkers to coordinate work activities.

Confer with coworkers to coordinate work activities. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 19 occupations and seen in 22 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Communicate with others about operational plans or activities. 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 22 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 15 (68%) 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 0.018% 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.

• Correspond with customers and confer with coworkers to answer inquiries, discuss market fluctuations, or resolve account problems. · Brokerage Clerks · importance 4.6 · exposure with tools
• Scan status charts and computer screens, and contact emergency response field units to determine emergency units available for dispatch. · Public Safety Telecommunicators · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Coordinate work assignment preparation and completion with other workers. · Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Review work orders and discuss work with supervisors. · Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Revise production schedules when required due to design changes, labor or material shortages, backlogs, or other interruptions, collaborating with management, marketing, sales, production, or engineering. · Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Communicate with customers, employees, and other individuals to answer questions, disseminate or explain information, take orders, and address complaints. · Office Clerks, General · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Check with home offices after completed deliveries to confirm deliveries and collections and to receive instructions for other deliveries. · Couriers and Messengers · importance 4.2 · direct LLM exposure
• Notify facility personnel of equipment shutdowns. · Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Collaborate with graphic artists, editors and writers to produce master copies according to design specifications. · Desktop Publishers · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Confer with production, sales, shipping, warehouse, or common carrier personnel to expedite or trace shipments. · Order Clerks · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Supervise and coordinate work of reporters and other editors. · Editors · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Confer with establishment personnel, vendors, or customers to coordinate production or shipping activities and to resolve complaints or eliminate delays. · Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Coordinate work with that of engineers, technicians, and other aircraft maintenance personnel. · Avionics Technicians · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Confer with department supervisors or other personnel to assess progress and discuss needed changes. · Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Report hazardous field situations and damaged or missing meters. · Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Confer with researchers, clinicians, or information technology staff to determine data needs and programming requirements and to provide assistance with database-related research activities. · Bioinformatics Technicians · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Participate in budget preparation and administration, coordinating purchasing and documentation and monitoring departmental expenditures. · First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Confer with personnel, such as management, engineering, quality control, customer, or union workers' representatives, to coordinate work activities, resolve employee grievances, or identify and review resource needs. · First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers · importance 3.7 · no direct exposure
• Consult with managers or other personnel to resolve problems in areas such as equipment performance, output quality, or work schedules. · First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers · importance 3.6 · exposure with tools
• Meet with individuals, special interest groups, and others on behalf of executives, committees, and boards of directors. · Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants · importance 3.6 · no direct exposure
• Meet with supervisor daily to submit completed assignments and discuss progress. · Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan · importance 3.5 · no direct exposure
• Confer with company personnel regarding feasibility of complying with writers' requests. · Correspondence Clerks · importance 3.3 · direct LLM exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Brokerage Clerks
• Public Safety Telecommunicators
• Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
• Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
• Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
• Office Clerks, General
• Couriers and Messengers
• Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
• Desktop Publishers
• Order Clerks
• Editors
• Avionics Technicians
• Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
• Bioinformatics Technicians
• First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
• First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
• Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
• Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan
• Correspondence Clerks

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 coworkers to coordinate work activities.},
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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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