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