Posts

Showing posts from July, 2020

5 Lessons I Learned Working as a Customer Care Agent: Real Insights

    Early in my customer service journey, I got a chance to work at a prestigious call center in Westlands . I must say that I  was destined for this job as I was interviewed via phone and landed it immediately.  This  reminds me of the importance of creating meaningful relationships. You see, a friend I had gone to college with had volunteered my contacts and informed me that I will be contacted.  I had a lot going on as a first time mum and missed the first call.  This friend called me and informed me that I would be contacted again and to keep my phone close. Just like that, I passed the interview done in Kiswahili and reported for my first corporate job as a call center agent . My entry into the customer care world helped me to harness skills in empathy , communication and problem solving . If you are planning to venture into this field, here are five lessons i learned working as a customercare agent that will help you. 1. Always be prepared ...

Sheer Shock

Image
It is extremely hard to imagine of a day when life does not matter. The day she heard about it, she closed her shop and headed home. She wanted nothing to do with him so she locked herself in her room. Grace, her mother was worried just for a while, she kept herself busy and left June to her thoughts. She thought about him all day. His love was forbidden yet she had been anxious to conquer. She felt like a fool who had wasted so much time and energy.         She heard footsteps and for a moment closed her eyes. She did not open them for a long while until she felt her cheeks soften from the drops. It had been months since her eyes watered and she felt hopeless. What a shame! A strong woman of great wit and charisma reduced to a caricature because of him. They came just then, they must have been three women, two had children straddled on their back. They claimed ownership and June looked at them in a state of daze. They began fighting amongst th...

Staring blankly

Image
Being a writer is tough, Tough to think and rhyme, Rhyme that which ticks, Ticks and educates. Sometimes I look at a blank page, and become blank in mind, I want to express myself, But expression evades me. I shake my head, Shake my thoughts, Looking for what works, Nothing comes to mind.