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Administrative Services Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate one or more administrative services of an organization, such as records and information management, mail distribution, and other office support services.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Prepare and review operational reports and schedules to ensure accuracy and efficiency.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 02Set goals and deadlines for the department.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 03Acquire, distribute and store supplies.Mostly human for now
- 04Analyze internal processes and recommend and implement procedural or policy changes to improve operations, such as supply changes or the disposal of records.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 05Conduct classes to teach procedures to staff.Mostly human for now
- 06Plan, administer, and control budgets for contracts, equipment, and supplies.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Hire and terminate clerical and administrative personnel.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 08Direct or coordinate the supportive services department of a business, agency, or organization.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 09Communicate with and provide guidance for external vendors and service providers to ensure the organization, department, or work unit's business needs are met.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 10Develop operational standards and procedures for the work unit or department.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job lossToo little dataNot enough work use was seen to measure. This does not mean the job is safe from AI.Anthropic, 2026
39%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 25% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Acquire, distribute and store supplies.
- Conduct classes to teach procedures to staff.