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