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AI-readyHandle the admin
8 jobs9 tasks
Forms, records, data entry, scheduling and routine paperwork are where AI saves the most time. It drafts, sorts, extracts and reformats while you verify.
Part of Perform administrative or clerical activities, under the O*NET work activity group Performing Administrative Activities. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (6 AI-ready, 1 AI-assist, 2 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Perform clerical activities, such as answering phones, sorting mail, filing, typing, word processing, and photocopying and mailing out material.
- Type correspondence, reports, text and other written material from rough drafts, corrected copies, voice recordings, dictation, or previous versions, using a computer, word processor, or typewriter.
- Perform clerical tasks, such as typing, filing, and microfilm photography.
- Address envelopes or prepare envelope labels, using typewriter or computer.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Perform general office activities, such as typing, answering telephones, operating office machines, processing mail, or securing confidential materials.
- Compile information about new accounts, enter account information into computers, and file related forms or other documents.
- Perform various data entry or word processing tasks, such as updating phone directories, typing or proofreading documents, or creating schedules.
- Prepare and type loan applications, closing documents, legal documents, letters, forms, government notices, and checks, using computers.
- Operate embossing machines or typewriters to make corrections, additions, and changes to address plates.