A task performed by Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
Use computers for various applications, such as database management or word processing.
Probably not worth it. Both worker desire (2.18/5) and AI capability (2.33/5) are on the low side. It sits in the Low Priority zone.
Do you want this task automated?
How much the people who do this task want AI to take it over (avg of 11 workers).
How capable experts rate current AI at this task (avg of 3 experts).
How much human involvement should stay?
The Human Agency Scale (H1–H5) captures how much human direction workers think this task should keep.
Why workers feel the way they do
- Frees up time for higher-value work18%
- It's repetitive9%
How to automate this
Low priority to automate, but here is the gist if you want to try.
Repetitive computer work
Record the steps once, then replay them.
- 1Record the exact clicks and keystrokes you repeat to use computers for various applications, such as database management or word processing, then replay them with shortcuts, text expanders, and macros.
- 2Automate multi-app workflows with no-code (Power Automate, Zapier, Make).
- 3For browser routines, use a record-and-replay tool.
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This is 1 of 15 tasks studied for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive, where workers want 13% of tasks automated.
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