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