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