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Human Resources Specialists
Recruit, screen, interview, or place individuals within an organization. May perform other activities in multiple human resources areas.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Interpret and explain human resources policies, procedures, laws, standards, or regulations.People already use AI for this at work
- 02Hire employees and process hiring-related paperwork.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 03Maintain current knowledge of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and affirmative action guidelines and laws, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).AI could speed this up a lot
- 04Prepare or maintain employment records related to events, such as hiring, termination, leaves, transfers, or promotions, using human resources management system software.AI could speed this up a lot
- 05Address employee relations issues, such as harassment allegations, work complaints, or other employee concerns.Mostly human for now
- 06Review employment applications and job orders to match applicants with job requirements.People already use AI for this at work
- 07Inform job applicants of details such as duties and responsibilities, compensation, benefits, schedules, working conditions, or promotion opportunities.AI could speed this up a lot
- 08Select qualified job applicants or refer them to managers, making hiring recommendations when appropriate.People already use AI for this at work
- 09Schedule or conduct new employee orientations.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 10Maintain and update human resources documents, such as organizational charts, employee handbooks or directories, or performance evaluation forms.People already use AI for this at work
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 loss40%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
64%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 68% 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.
- Address employee relations issues, such as harassment allegations, work complaints, or other employee concerns.