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