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