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critical Risksales-marketing

Telemarketer

Solicit donations or orders for goods or services over the telephone.

Role Exposure Estimate
94%
Baseline: 95% 1 points after current signals

Signals updated 8/24/2026

Task-by-Task Analysis

Here's how AI might impact each core task of a telemarketer:

Make outbound calls to potential customers95% estimated exposure
Read from scripts to persuade customers90% estimated exposure
Record customer information in database98% estimated exposure
Handle objections and close sales70% estimated exposure

Current Risk Signals

Recent factors included in this role estimate:

-1%
employment
+0.5% employment change year-over-year

These signals are reviewed on a schedule and may not reflect every recent event. Use the score as a directional estimate, not a prediction.

Score Breakdown

Base Risk (O*NET Research)95%
Employment Trends (BLS)-1%
Final Score94%

Risk Trend (90 Days)

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AI Tools Threatening This Role

AI voice agents
Conversational AI
Automated dialers with AI

Work Current Tools Handle Less Reliably

Complex negotiations
Building rapport
Emotional intelligence

Practical Ways to Adapt

B2B sales
Account management
Digital marketing
CRM systems

Key Skills for This Role

Verbal CommunicationPersuasionProduct Knowledge

Career Overview

Median Salary$30,000/yr
Total Employed98k
Job Outlookdeclining
Categorysales-marketing

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Data sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), O*NET OnLine, industry research reports. Occupation pages use versioned task data and a consistent scoring model. Individual results also reflect the tasks a person selects.

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