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