Since most call centres serve clients from overseas, you must be open to working in various shifts and time zones. Across your customer base, you would be interacting with various kinds of people, temperaments and communication styles. This means you need to adapt to the situation, put your negotiation skills to use, or think on your feet for instant problem-solving.
Sometimes, finding out the best possible way around a problem requires help from fellow team members. Having a healthy relationship with your team members or other teams could go a long way.
Being the customer’s first point of contact means you represent the company you offer support from. This calls for you to put your best communication skills forward when interacting with people, irrespective of the situation. Receiving positive customer feedback can be extremely rewarding and help your performance rate, but at the same time things may not go as breezily under stressful customer issues. In such cases, it is important to keep your professional demeanour when responding to an angry or upset customer.