Call Centre Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Customer Service

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Call Centre Skills List in Customer Service

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Call Centre role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Call Centre job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 74% of Call Centre job descriptions contained call centre as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

call centre
74%
customer service
53%
contact centre
27%
telesales
16%
customer services
16%
contact centre agent
11%
query handling
11%
telesales agent
11%
scheduling
11%
outbound calling
11%
inbound call centre
11%
entry level roles
11%
customer service officer
11%
customer service call centre
11%
call handler
11%
team leader
11%
call centre agent
11%
financial services
11%
call advisor
11%
travel insurance
6%
warranty
6%
communication
6%
ms office
6%
administrative
6%
b2c
6%
insurance broker
6%
lead generation
6%
life insurance
6%
sales
6%
customer service administrator
6%
telephone manner
6%
service skills
6%
sales calls
6%
outbound calls
6%
inbound calls
6%
telemarketing
6%
customer care
6%
sales manager
6%
aviation
6%
call centre advisor
6%
call centre assistant
6%
customer service agent
6%
customer service/call centre
6%
call centre manger
6%
call centre team leader
6%
customer service manager
6%
internal sales manager
6%
supply chain
6%
administration
6%
public sector
6%
hospitality
6%
supervisor
6%
claims and complaints
6%
data entry
6%
delivery management
6%
logistics
6%
operations
6%

While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


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