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