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In 1 of the 16 jobs that do this, AI or robots already show up on it, most often as work people hand to AI. In the other 15, there's no evidence yet. Jobs spend a median of 18m of an 8-hour shift on it, and about 5.0 million U.S. workers hold these jobs.
Every job that does this
Each job words the task its own way. Minutes are that job's estimate for a typical shift; the label is the evidence for that job's version.
| Job and its version of the task | Per shift | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fundraising ManagersEstablish and maintain effective working relationships with clients, government officials, and media representatives and use these relationships to develop new fundraising opportunities. | 54m | No evidence yet |
| Public Relations ManagersEstablish and maintain effective working relationships with clients, government officials, and media representatives and use these relationships to develop new business opportunities. | 53m | No evidence yet |
| Wind Energy Operations ManagersDevelop relationships and communicate with customers, site managers, developers, land owners, authorities, utility representatives, or residents. | 46m | No evidence yet |
| Social and Community Service ManagersEstablish and maintain relationships with other agencies and organizations in community to meet community needs and to ensure that services are not duplicated. | 39m | No evidence yet |
| Emergency Management DirectorsDevelop and maintain liaisons with municipalities, county departments, and similar entities to facilitate plan development, response effort coordination, and exchanges of personnel and equipment. | 39m | No evidence yet |
| Financial ManagersEstablish and maintain relationships with individual or business customers or provide assistance with problems these customers may encounter. | 37m | Often handed to AI |
| Natural Sciences ManagersDevelop client relationships and communicate with clients to explain proposals, present research findings, establish specifications, or discuss project status. | 32m | No evidence yet |
| LegislatorsAttend receptions, dinners, and conferences to meet people, exchange views and information, and develop working relationships. | 18m | No evidence yet |
| Treasurers and ControllersDevelop and maintain relationships with banking, insurance, and external accounting personnel to facilitate financial activities. | 17m | No evidence yet |
| Funeral Home ManagersAttend or make presentations at community events to promote funeral home services or build community relationships. | 15m | No evidence yet |
| Loss Prevention ManagersDevelop and maintain partnerships with federal, state, or local law enforcement agencies or members of the retail loss prevention community. | 11m | No evidence yet |
| Advertising and Promotions ManagersIdentify and develop contacts for promotional campaigns and industry programs that meet identified buyer targets, such as dealers, distributors, or consumers. | 11m | No evidence yet |
| Kindergarten through Secondary Education AdministratorsDevelop partnerships with businesses, communities, and other organizations to help meet identified educational needs and to provide school-to-work programs. | 9m | No evidence yet |
| ForestersContact local forest owners and gain permission to take inventory of the type, amount, and location of all standing timber on the property. | 6m | No evidence yet |
| Regulatory Affairs ManagersDevelop relationships with state or federal environmental regulatory agencies to learn about and analyze the potential impacts of proposed environmental policy regulations. | 5m | No evidence yet |
| Sales ManagersVisit franchised dealers to stimulate interest in establishment or expansion of leasing programs. | 5m | No evidence yet |
How to read this
This task type comes from O*NET's detailed work activities, which link similar tasks across jobs. A label applies to one job's version of the task: AI use comes from real AI conversations (Anthropic Economic Index) and robot evidence from deployments in real workplaces. "No evidence yet" may just mean the task is rare in the data. How we keep time.
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