Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Human Resource Development field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Human Resource Development majors need many skills, but most especially Learning Strategies. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Human Resource Development majors need more than the average amount of Learning Strategies, Operations Analysis, Instructing, Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, Service Orientation, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination, Monitoring, Speaking, Negotiation, Writing, Time Management, Active Listening, Judgment and Decision Making, Systems Evaluation, Persuasion, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Active Learning, Systems Analysis, Management of Personnel Resources, Complex Problem Solving, Mathematics, Quality Control Analysis, Technology Design, Science, Operation Monitoring, Programming, Equipment Selection, Installation, Operation and Control, Equipment Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Repairing.
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 Human Resource Development 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 Learning Strategies is very distinctive for majors, but the Learning Strategies, Instructing, Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Monitoring, Active Listening, Writing, Social Perceptiveness, Critical Thinking, Coordination, Judgment and Decision Making, Service Orientation, Active Learning, Time Management, Operations Analysis, Systems Evaluation, Persuasion, Negotiation, Complex Problem Solving, Systems Analysis, Management of Personnel Resources, Mathematics, Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, Science, Quality Control Analysis, Operation Monitoring, Technology Design, Programming, Equipment Selection, Installation, Operation and Control, Equipment Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Repairing are the three most important skills for people in the field.