File Clerks

1. 01Perform general office activities, such as typing, answering telephones, operating office machines, processing mail, or securing confidential materials.AI could speed this up a lot
2. 02Keep records of materials filed or removed, using logbooks or computers and generate computerized reports.AI could speed this up a lot
3. 03Gather materials to be filed from departments or employees.AI could speed this up a lot
4. 04Find, retrieve, and make copies of information from files in response to requests and deliver information to authorized users.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
5. 05Add new material to file records or create new records as necessary.AI could speed this up a lot
6. 06Sort or classify information according to guidelines, such as content, purpose, user criteria, or chronological, alphabetical, or numerical order.AI could speed this up a lot
7. 07Scan or read incoming materials to determine how and where they should be classified or filed.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
8. 08Eliminate outdated or unnecessary materials, destroying them or transferring them to inactive storage, according to file maintenance guidelines or legal requirements.AI could speed this up a lot
9. 09Answer questions about records or files.People already use AI for this at work
10. 10Assign and record or stamp identification numbers or codes to index materials for filing.AI could speed this up a lot

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.

AI touches every main task of this job in some way. Your edge is judgment: knowing when AI’s work is right, and checking it before it counts.

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