Diploma in Call Center Assistance

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Description

Welcome to our Call Center 101 - Emphasis on Telephone Service course content. When working as a call center agent, it's important to understand how to respond to a variety of customer issues, problems or complaints. The importance of offering customer-centric service is the foundation of your job responsibilities.

In this course, we'll offer students a brief introduction to the responsibilities of a call center agent, whether you work from home, a customer service department, or an independently based call center. We'll explain some of the basic dos and don'ts of telephone etiquette, how to answer calls, and the impact your own tone and attitude can have on callers. We'll also introduce problem-solving techniques to help you provide quality and excellent services to customers.

Understanding different styles of communication and the importance of active listening skills are vital to your job. As a call center agent, you're likely to deal with a variety of customers, some of them difficult. We'll show you how customer-oriented attitudes and different approaches to customer service can effectively resolve customer complaints.

Additionally, lessons throughout the course will focus on the importance of your knowledge of diversity. For example, your approach to customer service may depend on the caller's culture and age. Along with that comes an understanding of different expectations and approaches to service by members of different generations. We'll offer several call center scenarios and case studies, as well as the latest in customer service and call center technologies.

Students will learn the importance of call center standards and focus on continually changing responsibilities and positions of call center agents. Finally, we'll conclude the course with tips and suggestions for dealing with some of the stress you may encounter in your job.