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