Write letters of recommendation for students.

“Write letters of recommendation for students.” is a core task performed by Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary. Among the occupation's 29 rated tasks, workers place it 8th by importance (#22 most important). About 98% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Assess student capabilities, needs, or performance. in Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People
• Present research or technical information. in Documenting/Recording Information

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E1. Direct exposure — a language model could plausibly cut the time to do this task by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 1.00. Automation potential label: T3.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as abnormal psychology, cognitive processes, and work motivation. · importance 4.5
• Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions. · importance 4.3
• Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory work, assignments, and papers. · importance 4.3
• Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences. · importance 4.3
• Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others. · importance 4.2
• Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts. · importance 4.2
• Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work. · importance 4.2
• Supervise students' laboratory work. · importance 4.1
• Recruit and hire new faculty. · importance 4.0
• Supervise the clinical work of practicum students. · importance 4.0
• Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction. · importance 4.0
• Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media. · importance 3.9
• Provide clinical services to clients, such as assessing psychological problems and conducting psychotherapy. · importance 3.8
• Develop and use multimedia course materials and other current technology, such as online courses. · importance 3.8

See all tasks on the Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary page.

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-task-21120,
  title  = {Write letters of recommendation for students.},
  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/tasks/task-21120}
}