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