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

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Customer Skills List in Customer Service

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Customer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Customer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 91% of Customer job descriptions contained customer service as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

customer service
91%
sales
19%
retail
19%
call centre
19%
hospitality
19%
data entry
10%
telephone manner
10%
organisational skills
10%
microsoft excel
10%
communication skills
10%
administrative
10%
customer service assistant
10%
customer service advisor
10%
call centre advisor
10%
telecoms
10%
logistic support
10%
helpdesk
10%
customer satisfaction
10%
customer care
10%
answering telephones
10%
social care
10%
customer services
10%
customer service management
10%
reception
10%
property
10%
general administration
10%
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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.

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