{"id":1341,"date":"2009-03-17T06:29:34","date_gmt":"2009-03-17T14:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/?p=1340"},"modified":"2011-09-29T14:08:16","modified_gmt":"2011-09-29T21:08:16","slug":"customer-service-weekly-work-at-home-job-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/blog\/customer-service-weekly-work-at-home-job-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Customer Service &#8211; Weekly Work at Home Job Idea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Customer service is another very popular work at home option. The skills and equipment needed aren&#8217;t too hard to come by. Perhaps the most challenging issue for many people in this industry is coming up with a quiet enough work space to even consider getting started.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Qualifications\/Training Needed?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As with any other computer based job, you need to type fairly quickly and accurately. You&#8217;ll need to get comfortable with whatever programs the company you&#8217;re working for uses for sales and customer service issues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Duties<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your time will be spent taking calls for whichever company you work for. Sometimes you will work for a particular company all of the time, but other times your employer may contract with multiple companies, and you will qualify to work particular phone lines.<\/p>\n<p>You may be handling sales calls for a shopping channel, customer complaints and generally helping callers out. Upselling is often a required part of the job, even if you&#8217;re dealing with customer complaints.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Equipment Needed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most challenging thing for many people to find is a quiet enough room to work. No background noise is allowed, and calls are often monitored. You risk job loss if you do not have a sufficiently quiet place to work.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, you will probably need to provide your own headset. A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref%255F%3Dnb%255Fss%255Fgw%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3Dnoise%2520canceling%2520headset%2520telephone%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&amp;tag=homewiththeki-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957\">noise canceling headset<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=homewiththeki-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/> is best for this kind of work, to keep the background noise out. You will typically also need a high speed internet connection and a phone line clear of all extras. No call waiting and so forth allowed on your work line.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where to Search for Jobs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/work-at-home\/customer-service.php\">Customer Service job listings<\/a> at Home with the Kids<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.craigslist.org\/\">Craigslist<\/a> (beware of many, many scams!)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/hiremymom\"> Hire My Mom<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.homewiththekids.com\/homejobstop\">Home Job Stop<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Scams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The main scam you&#8217;re likely to encounter when searching for a work at home customer service position is the classic &#8220;pay to show that you are interested&#8221; kind of scam. Never pay to apply for a job. You may once in a long while have to pay for a background check, but that is quite unusual.<\/p>\n<p>Another scam is the fake job board. A few work at home job boards are legitimate, but most have poor quality leads at best. Be very careful and get opinions before paying to join a job board. Those few out there that are worth paying for will quickly pay for themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Customer service is another very popular work at home option. The skills and equipment needed aren&#8217;t too hard to come by. Perhaps the most challenging issue for many people in this industry is coming up with a quiet enough work space to even consider getting started. Qualifications\/Training Needed? 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