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O*NET detailed work activityFile documents or records
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Forms, records, data entry, scheduling and routine paperwork are where AI saves the most time. It drafts, sorts, extracts and reformats while you verify.
Part of Perform administrative or clerical activities, under the O*NET work activity group Performing Administrative Activities. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (15 AI-ready, 1 AI-assist, 2 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- File and maintain records.
- File, type, or operate standard office machines.
- Sort and file deposit slips and checks.
- Add new material to file records or create new records as necessary.
- Compile, copy, sort, and file records of office activities, business transactions, and other activities.
- File copies of orders received, or post orders on records.
- Sort and file correspondence and perform miscellaneous clerical duties, such as answering correspondence and writing reports.
- File and retrieve corporate documents, records, and reports.
- File a legible transcript of records of a court case with the court clerk's office.
- Archive documents, conduct research, and read copy, using the internet and various computer programs.
- File exhibits.
- File sales slips in customers' ledgers for billing purposes.
- Stamp messages with time and date and file them appropriately.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Perform general office duties, such as filing, answering telephones, and handling routine correspondence.
- File data and related information, and maintain and update databases.
- Perform general office or clerical work, such as filing materials, operating duplicating machines, or running errands.
- Prepare and file payroll tax returns.
- Assist coroners at death scenes or at autopsies, file police reports, and testify at inquests or in court, if employed by a coroner.