Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Accounting & Computer Science field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Accounting & Computer Science majors need many skills, but most especially Critical Thinking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Accounting & Computer Science majors need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources, Mathematics, Operations Analysis, Management of Material Resources, Systems Evaluation, Management of Personnel Resources, Systems Analysis, Programming, Judgment and Decision Making, Monitoring, Complex Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Persuasion, Active Learning, Learning Strategies, Time Management, Negotiation, Speaking, Coordination, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Active Listening, Instructing, Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation, Technology Design, Operation Monitoring, Installation, Quality Control Analysis, Science, Equipment Selection, Operation and Control, Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, and Troubleshooting.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Accounting & Computer Science majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Management of Financial Resources is very distinctive for majors, but the Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Judgment and Decision Making, Active Listening, Speaking, Complex Problem Solving, Monitoring, Writing, Mathematics, Active Learning, Systems Evaluation, Time Management, Systems Analysis, Management of Financial Resources, Coordination, Management of Personnel Resources, Social Perceptiveness, Persuasion, Learning Strategies, Instructing, Negotiation, Service Orientation, Operations Analysis, Management of Material Resources, Operation Monitoring, Programming, Quality Control Analysis, Science, Technology Design, Operation and Control, Equipment Selection, Troubleshooting, Installation, Repairing, and Equipment Maintenance are the three most important skills for people in the field.