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