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2.3 KiB

Competences — customer service representative

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/13d1b2b4-99dd-44da-9734-c9f74bae18f7).

Essential

  • apply conflict management (skill/competence)
  • apply knowledge of human behaviour (skill/competence)
  • communicate with customers (skill/competence)
  • control of expenses (skill/competence)
  • create solutions to problems (skill/competence)
  • customer service (knowledge)
  • determine charges for customer services (skill/competence)
  • ensure client orientation (skill/competence)
  • guarantee customer satisfaction (skill/competence)
  • have computer literacy (skill/competence)
  • identify customer's needs (skill/competence)
  • implement customer follow-up (skill/competence)
  • keep records of customer interaction (skill/competence)
  • knowledge base (knowledge)
  • listen actively (skill/competence)
  • manage schedule of tasks (skill/competence)
  • perform escalation procedure (skill/competence)
  • perform multiple tasks at the same time (skill/competence)
  • process customer orders (skill/competence)
  • process data (skill/competence)
  • process order forms with customer's information (skill/competence)
  • process refunds (skill/competence)
  • provide customer follow-up services (skill/competence)
  • provide information (skill/competence)

Optional

  • carry out active selling (skill/competence)
  • consumer protection (knowledge)
  • contact customers (skill/competence)
  • data mining methods (knowledge)
  • e-commerce systems (knowledge)
  • facilitate official agreement (skill/competence)
  • measure customer feedback (skill/competence)
  • perform data analysis (skill/competence)
  • relationship marketing (knowledge)
  • sales activities (knowledge)
  • show diplomacy (skill/competence)
  • speak different languages (skill/competence)
  • upsell products (skill/competence)
  • use customer relationship management software (skill/competence)
  • use e-services (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 27 ads, as of 2026-07-11)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Hard skills

  • customer service — 78 %
  • data entry — 26 %
  • problem solving — 19 %