Negotiate for services.

Negotiate for services. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 4 occupations and seen in 6 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Negotiate contracts or agreements. in Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with 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 6 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 5 (83%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

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.

• Negotiate contract agreements with performers, with agents, or between performers and agents or production companies. · Talent Directors · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Perform administrative tasks such as applying for grants, developing budgets, negotiating contracts, and designing and printing programs and other promotional materials. · Music Directors and Composers · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Negotiate with printers and estimators to determine what services will be performed. · Art Directors · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Negotiate with parties, including independent producers and the distributors and broadcasters who will be handling completed productions. · Producers and Directors · importance 3.6 · exposure with tools
• Interview and hire writers and reporters or negotiate contracts, royalties, and payments for authors or freelancers. · Editors · importance 3.1 · exposure with tools
• Hold auditions for parts or negotiate contracts with actors determined suitable for specific roles. · Producers and Directors · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Talent Directors
• Music Directors and Composers
• Art Directors
• Editors

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
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

@misc{singulariki-negotiate-for-services,
  title  = {Negotiate for services.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/negotiate-for-services}
}