Refer individuals to educational or work programs.

Refer individuals to educational or work programs. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 5 occupations and seen in 7 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Assist others to access additional services or resources. in Assisting and Caring for 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 7 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 7 (100%) 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.

• Refer patient, client, or family to community resources to assist in recovery from mental or physical illness and to provide access to services such as financial assistance, legal aid, housing, job placement or education. · Healthcare Social Workers · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Participate in job development and placement programs, contacting prospective employers, placing clients in jobs, and evaluating the success of placements. · Rehabilitation Counselors · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Refer students to degree programs based on interests, aptitudes, or educational assessments. · Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Refer clients to community resources for services, such as job placement, debt counseling, legal aid, housing, medical treatment, or financial assistance, and provide concrete information, such as where to go and how to apply. · Child, Family, and School Social Workers · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Assess needs for assistance, such as rehabilitation, financial aid, or additional vocational training, and refer clients to the appropriate services. · Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Identify and approve work placements for offenders with community service sentences. · Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists · importance 3.6 · exposure with tools
• Refer qualified counselees to employers or employment services for job placement. · Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors · importance 3.1 · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Healthcare Social Workers
• Rehabilitation Counselors
• Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
• Child, Family, and School Social Workers
• Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists

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-refer-individuals-to-educational-or-work-programs,
  title  = {Refer individuals to educational or work programs.},
  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/refer-individuals-to-educational-or-work-programs}
}