Are customer service jobs good? Well, some are, some aren’t Like any job, a lot depends on where you work and who you work for. More generally, customer service jobs can be excellent depending on what your goals are and what your interests are.
If you enjoy working with people — and that is key — helping people get through challenges, helping make people’s days better, then customer service is an amazing field.
Even if customer service doesn’t become your career, customer service jobs can be excellent preparation for almost any other career that requires people skills for advancement.
A customer service job can help you develop skills in proactive awareness, effective communication, and emotional intelligence that will help you in almost an field, making you better at navigating organizational politics and better at managing and influencing people.
About the Author Adam Toporek
By Adam Toporek. Adam Toporek is an internationally recognized customer service expert, keynote speaker, and workshop leader. He is the author of Be Your Customer's Hero: Real-World Tips & Techniques for the Service Front Lines (2015), as well as the founder of the popular Customers That Stick® blog and co-host of the Crack the Customer Code podcast.
