I think that it is safe to say that a job in a call center is a job like no other. Working in your campus call center talking with alumni can be a really fun job but, like I said, it's a job like no other. There are all kinds of ways that your call center job affects you. Here are 20 distinctive signs that you work in your campus call center.
1. You can spout off all kinds of facts about your university.
2. Whenever you do start talking about these facts, you immediately switch into your phone voice.
3. You constantly have to tell people that your job isn't as bad as it sounds, and yes, you really do love your job.
4. You handle rejections really well.
5. Nothing makes your day more than a prospect who is super nice and talkative.
6. You can keep a good attitude even when someone is yelling at you.
7. You're good at awkward filler chat when the computer is being really slow.
8. You get an immense sense of pride when you get through all of your ask levels.
9. Catching a cold and losing your voice is the worst thing that can happen to you.
10. When a prospect has an unpronounceable name, you hope they don't answer.
11. If they do answer, you just stumble through and hope for the best.
12. The feeling of dread when someone answers right as the shift is ending.
13. You live to hear great stories of when the alumni were still in school.
14. You're good at sounding 100 percent confident about things you're not entirely sure about.
15. The joy of the short, unexpected "technical difficulties" breaks.
16. We are the nicest customers in the world, especially when on the phone.
17. The embarrassment of accidentally talking to an answering machine is real.
18. You love verifying weird email addresses.
19. Your coloring skills have improved immensely since you started your job.
20. "I completely understand..."
