Hire, supervise, or evaluate engineers, technicians, researchers, or other staff.

“Hire, supervise, or evaluate engineers, technicians, researchers, or other staff.” is a core task performed by Natural Sciences Managers. Among the occupation's 16 rated tasks, workers place it 16th by importance (#1 most important). About 93% 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.

• Evaluate personnel capabilities or performance. in Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People
• Supervise personnel activities. in Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
• Perform recruiting or hiring activities. in Staffing Organizational Units

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

• Design or coordinate successive phases of problem analysis, solution proposals, or testing. · importance 4.2
• Plan or direct research, development, or production activities. · importance 4.2
• Provide for stewardship of plant or animal resources or habitats, studying land use, monitoring animal populations, or providing shelter, resources, or medical treatment for animals. · importance 4.2
• Review project activities and prepare and review research, testing, or operational reports. · importance 4.1
• Confer with scientists, engineers, regulators, or others to plan or review projects or to provide technical assistance. · importance 4.0
• Develop client relationships and communicate with clients to explain proposals, present research findings, establish specifications, or discuss project status. · importance 4.0
• Determine scientific or technical goals within broad outlines provided by top management and make detailed plans to accomplish these goals. · importance 3.9
• Prepare project proposals. · importance 3.9
• Develop or implement policies, standards, or procedures for the architectural, scientific, or technical work performed to ensure regulatory compliance or operations enhancement. · importance 3.7
• Recruit personnel or oversee the development or maintenance of staff competence. · importance 3.6
• Prepare and administer budgets, approve and review expenditures, and prepare financial reports. · importance 3.5
• Conduct own research in field of expertise. · importance 3.5
• Develop innovative technology or train staff for its implementation. · importance 3.3
• Make presentations at professional meetings to further knowledge in the field. · importance 3.2

See all tasks on the Natural Sciences Managers 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.

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  title  = {Hire, supervise, or evaluate engineers, technicians, researchers, or other staff.},
  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-7209}
}