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