customer service soft skills Archives

December 23, 2021 Olga

10 Tips to Help You Get Ready to Customer Service Job Interview

The job of customer service agent requires having a personal contact with consumers or businesses. Thus your interviewer will try to find out as much as possible about your communication skills and ability to interact with people and provide them with assistance. It is not enough to know answers to questions which can be asked during the customer service job interview. You need to possess specific soft skills and meet the requirements of the position you apply to. In this blog post you will find useful tips which will help you feel comfortable and confident during your interview.

April 21, 2018 Maria Lebed

Soft Skills to Master for an Ever-Learning Customer Service Rep

If you are aiming for excellence, you can never stop learning and polishing your skills. What skills are needed for a great customer service? There is a long-running debate over which set of skills is more important for a customer service rep, soft skills or technical skills. A recent survey by Service Strategies concludes that 96% of respondents judged communication skills and interpersonal skills more important than technical skills for the success in customer support. After all, to resolve any technical problem a CSR needs strong communication skills to effectively gather information, analyze it and find a solution which will help the customer. A set of soft skills every CSR needs to learn:

May 12, 2015 Mary Shulzhenko

Top 20 Customer Service Soft Skills to Master (Infographic)

Today’s customer service involves more than a conversation face-to-face or on the phone. Email, live chat and social media have become important channels for consumers to engage with brands and seek for customer support. No matter how customer service is given to consumers, soft skills are essential for a successful customer service interaction. In fact, soft skills are even more significant than technical skills as at the end of the day what your customers will remember is how they felt about your service. It’s the soft skills that make the difference between an average customer service professional and the one who can make customers feel fantastic about the help they got from your company.