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