academic advisor

Academic advisors assist students, at post-secondary level, in recognising and achieving their educational goals. They advise students on their schedule selection of school programmes, communicate to them degree requirements, and assist them in career planning. Academic advisors also discuss the student's academic performance and its implications and make suggestions for improvement including study advice.

The most in-demand skills for this role include counselling methods, curriculum standards, assessment processes, education law, curriculum objectives, provide information on school services. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives academic advisor a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.