AI exposure: Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
Advise and assist students and provide educational and vocational guidance services.
Reading this score
computedEducational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors is one of the unusual cases where capability and friction are both high. Current systems can produce a great deal of this work, with average capability across its tasks at 2.2 out of 4. Only 29.3% of the weighted task load comes out as exposed, because 25.5% of it runs into something structural. Jobs in this band tend not to disappear. They change shape, and the person stays.
What holds the line here is context. Across this occupation's 35 tasks it averages 2.22 out of 3, the highest of the five friction dimensions. In plain terms, the work depends on knowledge the model cannot hold. Much of this job runs on things that were never written down: what this particular organisation does, what happened last week, what the person across the table actually meant. That context is the barrier, and it erodes as systems are given more access.
The most exposed thing this job does is Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration, at 66.7%. The least is Provide crisis intervention to students when difficult situations occur at schools, at 0.0%. A gap of 66.7% between two parts of the same job is the reason this index publishes at task level. An occupation-wide number would have hidden both.
Within community and social service occupations, this one is more exposed than most. The median across the 14 roles in the group is 24.4%, and only 4 of them score higher than this. Occupational families are not uniform, and the spread inside them is often wider than the gap between them.
What would move this score. Of 35 tasks, 17 are currently banded exposed, 6 assisted and 12 untouched. For that distribution to shift materially would take cheaper ways to verify output, since the cost of checking is currently doing more to hold this work in place than the cost of producing it. The score is re-computed every quarter against a fresh capability reference, and the change is published rather than quietly applied.
Where the score comes from
judgedEvery task is scored through the standardised work activities it maps to. These are this occupation’s averages on the six rubric dimensions. Capability is what AI can do; the other five are what stands in the way.
| Dimension | Mean | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | 2.18 | 0-4 |
| Embodiment | 0.58 | 0-3 |
| Presence | 1.96 | 0-3 |
| Accountability | 1.17 | 0-3 |
| Context | 2.22 | 0-3 |
| Verification cost | 1.67 | 0-3 |
What this means in practice
Roles in this band tend to change shape rather than disappear. The output gets drafted faster and the person moves toward review, judgment and accountability. The useful question is not whether to use these tools but who is trusted to sign off on what they produce.
Task by task
35 tasks, O*NET 31.0| Task | Exposed | Assisted | Untouched | Importance | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration. | 66.7% | 33.3% | 0.0% | 3.54 | exposed |
| Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations. | 60.0% | 40.0% | 0.0% | 4.62 | exposed |
| Provide special services such as alcohol and drug prevention programs and classes that teach students to handle conflicts without resorting to violence. | 55.0% | 20.0% | 25.0% | 4.15 | exposed |
| Compile and study occupational, educational, and economic information to assist counselees in determining and carrying out vocational and educational objectives. | 52.5% | 22.5% | 25.0% | 3.38 | exposed |
| Refer students to degree programs based on interests, aptitudes, or educational assessments. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 4.19 | exposed |
| Establish and enforce administration policies and rules governing student behavior. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 3.76 | exposed |
| Refer qualified counselees to employers or employment services for job placement. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 3.10 | exposed |
| Review transcripts to ensure that students meet graduation or college entrance requirements, and write letters of recommendation. | 46.7% | 40.8% | 12.5% | 4.41 | exposed |
| Collaborate with teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of school programs and in the preparation of master schedules for curriculum offerings. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 3.43 | exposed |
| Plan, direct, and participate in recruitment and enrollment activities. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 3.38 | exposed |
| Plan and promote career and employment-related programs and events, such as career planning presentations, work experience programs, job fairs, and career workshops. | 40.0% | 35.0% | 25.0% | 3.72 | exposed |
| Address community groups, faculty, and staff members to explain available counseling services. | 40.0% | 35.0% | 25.0% | 3.58 | exposed |
| Provide information for teachers and staff members involved in helping students or graduates identify and pursue employment opportunities. | 40.0% | 35.0% | 25.0% | 3.47 | exposed |
| Sponsor extracurricular activities, such as clubs, student organizations, and academic contests. | 40.0% | 35.0% | 25.0% | 2.70 | exposed |
| Attend meetings, educational conferences, and training workshops, and serve on committees. | 36.7% | 13.3% | 50.0% | 3.72 | exposed |
| Assess needs for assistance, such as rehabilitation, financial aid, or additional vocational training, and refer clients to the appropriate services. | 35.6% | 31.1% | 33.3% | 3.80 | exposed |
| Refer students to outside counseling services. | 26.7% | 23.3% | 50.0% | 4.29 | exposed |
| Evaluate students' or individuals' abilities, interests, and personality characteristics, using tests, records, interviews, or professional sources. | 25.0% | 50.0% | 25.0% | 4.15 | assisted |
| Plan and conduct orientation programs and group conferences to promote the adjustment of individuals to new life experiences, such as starting college. | 25.0% | 25.0% | 50.0% | 3.67 | assisted |
| Counsel students regarding educational issues, such as course and program selection, class scheduling and registration, school adjustment, truancy, study habits, and career planning. | 23.3% | 26.7% | 50.0% | 4.54 | assisted |
| Prepare students for later educational experiences by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks. | 23.3% | 26.7% | 50.0% | 4.29 | assisted |
| Provide students with information on topics such as college degree programs and admission requirements, financial aid opportunities, trade and technical schools, and apprenticeship programs. | 23.3% | 26.7% | 50.0% | 3.98 | assisted |
| Establish and supervise peer-counseling and peer-tutoring programs. | 21.7% | 28.3% | 50.0% | 3.28 | assisted |
| Observe students during classroom and play activities to evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health. | 14.1% | 19.3% | 66.7% | 3.13 | untouched |
| Teach classes and present self-help or information sessions on subjects related to education and career planning. | 11.7% | 13.3% | 75.0% | 3.68 | untouched |
| Establish contacts with employers to create internship and employment opportunities for students. | 11.7% | 13.3% | 75.0% | 3.36 | untouched |
| Counsel individuals or groups to help them understand and overcome personal, social, or behavioral problems affecting their educational or vocational situations. | 10.4% | 23.0% | 66.7% | 4.43 | untouched |
| Conduct follow-up interviews with counselees to determine if their needs have been met. | 10.0% | 15.0% | 75.0% | 3.87 | untouched |
| Confer with parents or guardians, teachers, administrators, and other professionals to discuss children's progress, resolve behavioral, academic, and other problems, and to determine priorities for students and their resource needs. | 10.0% | 27.5% | 62.5% | 4.27 | untouched |
| Provide students with disabilities with assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms. | 10.0% | 15.0% | 75.0% | 4.04 | untouched |
| Interview clients to obtain information about employment history, educational background, and career goals, and to identify barriers to employment. | 10.0% | 15.0% | 75.0% | 3.47 | untouched |
| Supervise, train, and direct professional staff and interns. | 9.2% | 15.8% | 75.0% | 3.57 | untouched |
| Instruct individuals in career development techniques, such as job search and application strategies, resume writing, and interview skills. | 8.3% | 16.7% | 75.0% | 3.81 | untouched |
| Identify cases of domestic abuse or other family problems and encourage students or parents to seek additional assistance from mental health professionals. | 5.8% | 19.2% | 75.0% | 4.38 | untouched |
| Provide crisis intervention to students when difficult situations occur at schools. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 4.43 | untouched |
Task text and importance ratings sourced from O*NET 31.0. Shares computed. The occupation score is the importance-weighted mean.
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Read this carefully. Exposure is not displacement. A high score means current AI systems can produce this work, not that anyone will stop paying a person to do it. Adoption depends on economics, regulation and inertia that this index deliberately does not model. How the score is built.