About Customer Service

Customer services provides advice to customers who are purchasing the companies services or products.

Being involved in customer services means dealing with customer both over the phone and face to face. You will have to be a resilient individual as you will have to deal with unhappy customers and customer complaints.

Many businesses have their own in-house customer services, but some companies choose to outsource their customer services; or the business is a customer services business.

Roles within the customer service vary from call centres, online support platforms, face to face service and many more. The majority of customer service roles can be entered at an entry level position or an apprenticeship. For higher level roles experience would be required.

Roles within customer services means that you will gain key transferable skills and this will enable you to move sectors and industries if you wish to do so.

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Over a third of Administrative and Secretarial workers are classed as working in the ‘public administration, education and health’ sector. The other sector that represents a large proportion of these workers is banking, finance and insurance.

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Customer Service Adviser - University Studies At West Suffolk College
Closing Date:
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£5,873 per year
Location:
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Employer description West Suffolk College is a Further Education college in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. The college delivers a range of courses, including vocational and technical courses, apprenticeships, and an array of higher-apprenticeships and bachelor's de...
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Garden Centre Assistant (Full-time) - Perrywoods Garden Centre
Closing Date:
13th March 2026
Salary:
£10.00-£12.21 per hour (subject to increase from April 2026
Location:
Sudbury, Suffolk
Employer description Perrywood is an independent, family-owned garden centre and nursery run by the Bourne Family in Essex.Our vision is to inspire people to get more plants in their lives. Our every day mission is to offer a memorable garden centre experience...
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Seasonal Weekend Till Assistant - Perrywoods Garden Centre
Closing Date:
20th March 2026
Salary:
To be confirmed
Location:
Sudbury, Suffolk
Employer description Main description Working from 2/3/26 - 28/6/26 – Working 5 hour shift 10am -3pm ,(working alternating per week weekend days ) Are you happy, helpful, and efficient? Can you make people smile? Do you want to work for a family run compan...
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Seasonal Retail Sales Assistant (Garden Sundries ) Full-time - Perrywoods Garden Centre
Closing Date:
20th March 2026
Salary:
£12.50-£13.42 per hour
Location:
Sudbury, Suffolk
Employer description Main description We are excited to be expanding our Retail team as we look forward to Spring in our brand new garden centre in 2026. Fixed-term contract until July 2026. We are looking for individuals with proven retail experience who ca...
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Seasonal Part-time Garden Centre Assistant - Perrywoods Garden Centre
Closing Date:
20th March 2026
Salary:
£ 7.55 to £12.21 per hour
Location:
Sudbury, Suffolk
Employer description This is a part time seasonal role - From 2/3/26 – 28/6/26 Main description Working with our retail area supporting our sales and till assistants ; we are looking for motivated individuals who can follow instructions and communicate with c...
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Volunteer Ipswich Welfare Clinic Receptionist - RSPCA
Closing Date:
31st December 2026
Location:
Ipswich, Suffolk
Employer description The RSPCA is the UK’s oldest animal welfare charity which has been shaping and leading the way people interact with animals for over 200 years. As part of the National RSPCA network, the RSPCA Suffolk Central Branch team has access to some...
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