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