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