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