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