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How much of a Information specialist’s job can AI already do?
Filing a PDF and a thesaurus come earlier. Retrieving what the house does not know it has do not.
This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.
Task comparison
IS WORK OVER?
Information specialist
31%
AI can already do 31% of this job.
#33 / 623
View rankingInformation specialist
Where the time goes
Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.
The time saving for each task is estimated separately.
| Task | Share | AI | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
Classify, index and describe holdings.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 48% | +8.6 |
Thesauri, metadata and the internal search.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 52% | +8.3 |
Answer queries and retrieve what nobody can find.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
Records policy, retention and destruction.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 22% | +4 |
Train people who file badly and people who do not file.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
The organisation’s memory, and not losing it.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 14% | +2.2 |
| Total | 100% | 30% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- manage records
- index holdings
- classify archives
- retrieve information
- metadata
- thesauri
- retention policy
- internal search
Sources for this job· O*NET 25-4013.00· ESCO/ISCO 2622
IS WORK OVER?
Labour inspector
23%
#299 / 623
View rankingLabour inspector
Where the time goes
Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.
The time saving for each task is estimated separately.
| Task | Share | AI | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
Plan visits, complaints and the firm’s history.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 40% | +6.4 |
Site or workplace, stop unsafe work and take statements.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 22% | 12% | +2.6 |
Minutes, orders and the penalty proposal.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 32% | +5.1 |
Contracts, hours and the bogus self-employed.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
Union, employer and what is argued in the corridor.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
A penalty that holds, and not looking away.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 12% | +1.7 |
| Total | 100% | 23% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- visit sites
- stop unsafe work
- infringement minutes
- bogus self-employment
- check contracts
- labour orders
- fine firms
- take statements
Sources for this job· O*NET 13-1041.00· ESCO/ISCO 3352