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