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