Consult with and advise individuals such as administrators, social workers, and legislators regarding social issues and policies, as well as the implications of research findings.

“Consult with and advise individuals such as administrators, social workers, and legislators regarding social issues and policies, as well as the implications of research findings.” is a core task performed by Sociologists. Among the occupation's 13 rated tasks, workers place it 5th by importance (#9 most important). About 90% 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.

• Advise others on legal or regulatory matters. in Providing Consultation and Advice to Others

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time 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 0.50. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Analyze and interpret data to increase the understanding of human social behavior. · importance 4.7
• Prepare publications and reports containing research findings. · importance 4.3
• Collect data about the attitudes, values, and behaviors of people in groups, using observation, interviews, and review of documents. · importance 4.3
• Develop, implement, and evaluate methods of data collection, such as questionnaires or interviews. · importance 4.3
• Plan and conduct research to develop and test theories about societal issues such as crime, group relations, poverty, and aging. · importance 4.3
• Teach sociology. · importance 4.3
• Present research findings at professional meetings. · importance 4.0
• Develop problem intervention procedures, using techniques such as interviews, consultations, role playing, and participant observation of group interactions. · importance 3.8
• Direct work of statistical clerks, statisticians, and others who compile and evaluate research data. · importance 3.5
• Collaborate with research workers in other disciplines. · importance 3.5
• Develop approaches to the solution of groups' problems, based on research findings in sociology and related disciplines. · importance 3.3
• Observe group interactions and role affiliations to collect data, identify problems, evaluate progress, and determine the need for additional change. · importance 3.2

See all tasks on the Sociologists 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-5471,
  title  = {Consult with and advise individuals such as administrators, social workers, and legislators regarding social issues and policies, as well as the implications of research findings.},
  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-5471}
}