Customer Service Technical Support Representative

Job Description

Do you have outstanding Customer Service skills and enjoy helping people? 

Then CenturyLink wants to talk to you. 

CenturyLink is an industry-leading provider of communications, high speed internet and entertainment services from coast to coast. They have immediate openings for Customer Service technical Support Representative – Internet Help Desk for our call center office Salt Lake City, UT. 

People skills and basic computer knowledge are required. Customer Service, Help Desk, or entry level Tier 1 support experience is a plus.

This position will assist customers in resolving issues regarding their internet service. This is customer service help desk position not a selling position. Combined with your current computer skills, CenturyLink offers paid training for you to achieve success. This is a full-time position (not contract) with outstanding benefits. Work hours will change depending on the needs of the business.

•Affordable Medical, Dental & Vision, offered after only 31 days of employment for you and your family!

•Paid vacation - 1 week of vacation after 6 months of employment, 2 weeks after one year

•Company Pre-paid Tuition Program of up to $5,200 after 90 days of employment on classes of your choice

•Discounts on CenturyLink Products and Services & Corporate Partners

•Casual-dress work environment

Responsibilities

•Consults with customers to establish needs and offer the most appropriate solutions, providing the most gracious and highly professional service with patience, empathy, and the finest care.

•Respond to customer calls, electronic communications, and/or other telephone line reports related to CenturyLink products and services. Obtain pertinent information through fact finding and consultation and evaluate and assess customers-reported trouble.

•Provide technical support to diagnose and resolve technical hardware and software issues. Formulate trouble reports/tickets and/or provide solutions for customer repair problems. Interface directly with customers on providing status and ensuring service has been restored.

•Coordinate with various departments to restore or repair customer service. May dispatch, escalate, or refer requests to others for service issues (such as chronic customer issues).

Qualifications

Position requires customer contact and the ability to effectively communicate over the phone with customers to assess and evaluate customer needs in an efficient and successful manner.

•Proven ability to work with internal and external customers.

•Demonstrated interpersonal communication skills for communicating CenturyLinks' products and services to customers.

•Ability to multi-task in a Microsoft Windows environment

•Strong written and verbal communications skills

Preferred (but not required) Qualifications:

•Minimum of 6 months experience in tech support and customer service call center

•Background in internet applications, cellular, and/or satellite technology

Additional Information

No Discrimination. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all persons regardless of race, color, ancestry, citizenship, national origin, religion, veteran status, disability, genetic characteristic or information, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, pregnancy, or other legally protected status (collectively, “protected statuses”). We do not tolerate unlawful discrimination in any employment decisions, including recruiting, hiring, compensation, promotion, benefits, discipline, termination, job assignments or training. Any offer of employment is contingent upon the results of a pre-employment drug test and background check.