Career path
The skills this job asks for, and the level for each.
58 skills listed by ESCO, 28 of them essential. 58 are in our skills list and linked; we measure a match on those. ESCO gives no levels, so we ask for level 3 on an essential skill and 2 on the rest.
Occupation: ISCO-08 occupations (International Labour Organization). Skills: This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission (v1.2.1, CC BY 4.0), modified by CareersMatch.
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Showing 10 of 58, essentials first. The table below lists them all.
| Skill | Type | Necessity | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| adapt to changing situations | skill | essential | 3 |
| answer incoming calls | skill | essential | 3 |
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What this path asks for comes from O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0), through the official ISCO-08 to US occupation crosswalk. A competency is essential where O*NET rates it at least 3.5 of 5 in importance.
| characteristics of products | skill | essential | 3 |
| characteristics of services | skill | essential | 3 |
| collect customer data | skill | essential | 3 |
| communicate by telephone | skill | essential | 3 |
| communicate with customers | skill | essential | 3 |
| Communication | competency | essential | 3 |
| create solutions to problems | skill | essential | 3 |
| customer insight | skill | essential | 3 |
| customer service | skill | essential | 3 |
| Digital Fluency | competency | essential | 3 |
| discern written communication | skill | essential | 3 |
| establish customer rapport | skill | essential | 3 |
| guarantee customer satisfaction | skill | essential | 3 |
| handle tasks independently | skill | essential | 3 |
| have computer literacy | skill | essential | 3 |
| information confidentiality | skill | essential | 3 |
| keep records of customer interaction | skill | essential | 3 |
| keep task records | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform customer management | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform multiple tasks at the same time | skill | essential | 3 |
| persuade clients with alternatives | skill | essential | 3 |
| process data | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide customer follow-up | skill | essential | 3 |
| respond to inquiries in written form | skill | essential | 3 |
| type at speed | skill | essential | 3 |
| use databases | skill | essential | 3 |
| use internet chat | skill | essential | 3 |
| work with e-services available to citizens | skill | essential | 3 |
| Problem Solving and Critical Thinking | competency | desirable | 3 |
| Adaptability | competency | desirable | 2 |
| analyse call performance trends | skill | desirable | 2 |
| assist customers | skill | desirable | 2 |
| call-centre technologies | skill | desirable | 2 |
| carry out active selling | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Collaboration | competency | desirable | 2 |
| communication principles | skill | desirable | 2 |
| contact customers | skill | desirable | 2 |
| customer relationship management | skill | desirable | 2 |
| draft corporate emails | skill | desirable | 2 |
| e-commerce systems | skill | desirable | 2 |
| e-procurement | skill | desirable | 2 |
| exercise patience | skill | desirable | 2 |
| follow up orders for customers | skill | desirable | 2 |
| handle helpdesk problems | skill | desirable | 2 |
| improve customer interaction | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Influence | competency | desirable | 2 |
| knowledge base | skill | desirable | 2 |
| measure customer feedback | skill | desirable | 2 |
| notify customers on special offers | skill | desirable | 2 |
| perform data analysis | skill | desirable | 2 |
| perform escalation procedure | skill | desirable | 2 |
| prepare correspondence for customers | skill | desirable | 2 |
| prioritise requests | skill | desirable | 2 |
| process payments | skill | desirable | 2 |
| provide customer follow-up services | skill | desirable | 2 |
| provide customers with order information | skill | desirable | 2 |
| provide customers with price information | skill | desirable | 2 |
| sales argumentation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Self Management | competency | desirable | 2 |
| use communication devices | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use communication techniques | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use customer relationship management software | skill | desirable | 2 |
| utilise cross-selling | skill | desirable | 2 |