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