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