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Customer Service Representative What They Do

Interacts with customers to provide information in response to inquiries about products and services and to handle and resolve complaints.

Confers with customers by telephone or in person to provide information about products or services, takes or enters orders, cancels accounts, or obtains details of complaints.
Checks to ensure that appropriate changes were made to resolve customers' problems.
Keeps records of customer interactions or transactions, recording details of inquiries, complaints, or comments, as well as actions taken.
Resolves customers' service or billing complaints by performing activities such as exchanging merchandise, refunding money, or adjusting bills.
Completes contract forms, prepare change of address records, or issue service discontinuance orders, using computers.
Refers unresolved customer grievances to designated departments for further investigation.
Determines charges for services requested, collect deposits or payments, or arrange for billing.
Contacts customers to respond to inquiries or to notify them of claim investigation results or any planned adjustments.
Solicits sales of new or additional services or products.
Orders tests that could determine the causes of product malfunctions.

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People who do this job report that:

You would sit most of the time. There's some walking and standing. You may have to lift and carry things like books, papers or tools weighing 10 lbs. or less.
Work in this occupation requires being inside most of the time
Work in this occupation involves making repetitive motions more than one-third of the time
Work in this occupation involves sitting more than one-third of the time

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