Research Insights

Durable skills patterns across researched roles

Across the 88 occupation pages, the durable half of work tends to cluster in a few repeatable categories. This page names those patterns; it does not invent percentages or “top skills” rankings.

Patterns we see in the published task lists

• Judgment under ambiguity — exception handling, prioritization, and deciding when an automated output is wrong enough to stop.
• Accountability & trust — licensed, fiduciary, clinical, or managerial responsibility that cannot be delegated to a model.
• Relationship & conflict work — negotiation, coaching, classroom presence, client trust repair.
• Physical / on-site craft — skilled trades and hands-on care where presence is the product.

Each role page lists the concrete tasks that fall on either side of that line for that occupation. Start from a role you care about, or from the low-exposure examples.

How to use this on JR

1. Open an AI risk by job page for your current or target role.
2. Read “skills to strengthen” and the durable-task list — those are the published, role-specific version of these patterns.
3. Continue into Upskill Academy, career-change guides, or a free AI Exposure Score.

Related: exposure tiers · Excel At Work · career resilience.