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