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