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Community & Social Services · Updated Aug 2026

Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors

Advise and assist students and provide educational and vocational guidance services.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
62/100
High

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
60/100
High

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence82/100
Task coverage85%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.High
71
Counsel individuals or groups to help them understand and overcome personal, social, or behavioral problems affecting their educational or vocational situations.High
64
Counsel students regarding educational issues, such as course and program selection, class scheduling and registration, school adjustment, truancy, study habits, and career planning.High
55
Review transcripts to ensure that students meet graduation or college entrance requirements, and write letters of recommendation.High
69
Prepare students for later educational experiences by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.High
58
Refer students to degree programs based on interests, aptitudes, or educational assessments.High
67
Provide students with information on topics such as college degree programs and admission requirements, financial aid opportunities, trade and technical schools, and apprenticeship programs.Medium
67
Evaluate students' or individuals' abilities, interests, and personality characteristics, using tests, records, interviews, or professional sources.High
64
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.High
53
Establish and enforce administration policies and rules governing student behavior.Medium
58
Assess needs for assistance, such as rehabilitation, financial aid, or additional vocational training, and refer clients to the appropriate services.Medium
66
Provide crisis intervention to students when difficult situations occur at schools.High
58
Attend meetings, educational conferences, and training workshops, and serve on committees.Medium
74
Instruct individuals in career development techniques, such as job search and application strategies, resume writing, and interview skills.Medium
68
Conduct follow-up interviews with counselees to determine if their needs have been met.Medium
59
Plan, direct, and participate in recruitment and enrollment activities.Medium
72
Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration.Medium
65
Interview clients to obtain information about employment history, educational background, and career goals, and to identify barriers to employment.Medium
59
Provide students with disabilities with assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms.High
58
Identify cases of domestic abuse or other family problems and encourage students or parents to seek additional assistance from mental health professionals.High
57
Teach classes and present self-help or information sessions on subjects related to education and career planning.Medium
67
Plan and conduct orientation programs and group conferences to promote the adjustment of individuals to new life experiences, such as starting college.Medium
72
Collaborate with teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of school programs and in the preparation of master schedules for curriculum offerings.Medium
68
Observe students during classroom and play activities to evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.Medium
57
Provide information for teachers and staff members involved in helping students or graduates identify and pursue employment opportunities.Medium
44
Sponsor extracurricular activities, such as clubs, student organizations, and academic contests.Low
58
Compile and study occupational, educational, and economic information to assist counselees in determining and carrying out vocational and educational objectives.Medium
26
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Attend meetings, educational conferences, and training workshops, and serve on committees.74
  2. Plan, direct, and participate in recruitment and enrollment activities.72
  3. Plan and conduct orientation programs and group conferences to promote the adjustment of individuals to new life experiences, such as starting college.72
  4. Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.71
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Compile and study occupational, educational, and economic information to assist counselees in determining and carrying out vocational and educational objectives.01
  2. Provide information for teachers and staff members involved in helping students or graduates identify and pursue employment opportunities.02
  3. Counsel individuals or groups to help them understand and overcome personal, social, or behavioral problems affecting their educational or vocational situations.03
  4. Counsel students regarding educational issues, such as course and program selection, class scheduling and registration, school adjustment, truancy, study habits, and career planning.04
  5. Review transcripts to ensure that students meet graduation or college entrance requirements, and write letters of recommendation.05
Where else this work leads

Related occupations

Occupations O*NET links to this one. Relatedness reflects shared work, not a claim that these roles are safer.

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency46
Physical dependency24
Adoption pressure55
Labour-market resilience63
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence82/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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