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