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What can telemarketers switch to?

4 jobs with similar skills where less of the shift is touched by AI or robots.

Time card for receptionists and information clerks: 3h 40m of an 8-hour shift touched by AI or robotsTime card: Receptionists and Information Clerks →

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What can telemarketers switch to? AI or robots touch about 4h 19m of a typical 8-hour shift for telemarketers, nearly all of it on tasks AI or robots largely take over. The jobs below use many of the same skills, and less of their day is touched today. The closest fit is receptionists and information clerks: 3h 40m touched, with median pay 7% higher.

Matches come from O*NET's ratings of the skills, knowledge and work activities each job uses. "To build up" lists the skills each option rates as clearly more important than telemarketers do today. "Touched" is time on tasks with documented AI use or robots working in real workplaces. Treat these as starting points: pay, openings and requirements differ by state.

Same training or less

HumanWith AIAIRobot
  1. Receptionists and Information ClerksRelated skills · 3h 40m touched (vs 4h 19m) · $38k · -1.7% by 2035 · high school diploma, some trainingShared skills: Service Orientation, Speaking, Active ListeningTo build up: Writing, Coordination
  2. Counter and Rental ClerksRelated skills · 1h 30m touched (vs 4h 19m) · $41k · +3% by 2035 · high school diploma, some trainingShared skills: Service Orientation, Negotiation, Active ListeningTo build up: Monitoring, Time Management, Writing

With more training

  1. Advertising Sales AgentsRelated skills · 1h 35m touched (vs 4h 19m) · $65k · -7.2% by 2035 · bachelor's degreeShared skills: Persuasion, Speaking, Service OrientationTo build up: Systems Analysis, Judgment and Decision Making, Monitoring
  2. New Accounts ClerksRelated skills · 2h 19m touched (vs 4h 19m) · $48k · -6.5% by 2035 · vocational school or associate's degreeShared skills: Speaking, Active Listening, Service OrientationTo build up: Monitoring, Coordination, Judgment and Decision Making

Before you switch

See the full time card for telemarketers first: many tasks there still need a person, and learning AI tools for the rest can be its own way forward. For pay where you live, open any job above and pick your state.