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