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