It’s a well-known fact that everyone loves to give advice, but nobody likes to take it. And this doesn’t change because you’ve got your name on the office door, or you’re the employee of the year. But, unhappy employees or disgruntled customers are an expected part of any business. So, it’s essential to learn how to handle complaints gracefully. Handling a complaint well demonstrates compassion for your customers and a willingness to improve your company. On the other hand, if your staff often ignore people. Or consistently repeat that they can’t do anything because it’s “against company policy”, then you have a problem. Ignoring a customer’s needs or not dealing with an issue can leave a customer just as unsatisfied as if you were rude and patronizing. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to: • Understand what a complaint is and why you should listen • React to a complaint appropriately • Assume positive intent • Understand the difference between an apology and sincerity • Resolve problems effectively • Understand the value of compensation • Use complaints to the company’s advantage Why take this course? Not listening to or solving a customer complaint is bad customer service. This can lead to dissatisfied customers who try to tarnish your brand’s name. You could also lose the opportunity for free referral marketing through happy customers (or brand ambassadors, as we like to call them). This course will help anyone who is working around customers, be it in technology, sales, or customer support, deal with complaints effectively and ultimately improve customer service, retention, and loyalty. 15 mins | SCORM | Workbook
FAQ
Most frequent questions and answers
Co-operative education is a three-way partnership between the university, students and employers. Students apply their classroom knowledge in a series of four-month work experiences. You, the employer, enhance a student’s education, while reaping the unique benefits of CO-OP employees.
- Year-round access to well-motivated, qualified employees.
- Access to potential full-time staff in a controlled environment, reducing your costs and risks.
- Access to a cost-effective source of temporary employees for peak periods or special projects.
- A say in what students learn by working with the university.
- Promotion of your organization as one that believes in developing the potential of young people.
- Access to a great pool of French-speaking, English-speaking and bilingual students.
Most work terms run at least 15 weeks, or four months. They can be no shorter than 13 weeks. Some master’s students, as well as some science and engineering students, are available for 8 or 12 months’ work terms.
All jobs are reviewed by a CO-OP Program Coordinator, and only those providing students with work experience related to their professional development are approved. Administrative activities involved in a job should be less than 10% of the entire workload.
When you first contact SSC, you are assigned one of our Program Coordinators, depending on your discipline of interest. This person is your main contact in our office. As you move through the recruitment process, you also work with a representative from CO-OP Administrative Services, who assists with job posting and interview scheduling.
Internships offer usually one discipline-specific, supervised, structured paid or unpaid, and for academic credit work experience or practice placement.
Work Experience intersperses one or two work terms (typically full-time) into an academic program, where work terms provide experience in a workplace setting related to the student’s field of study and/or career goals.
Community Service Learning (CSL) integrates meaningful community service with classroom instruction and critical reflection to enrich the learning experience and strengthen communities. In practice, students work in partnership with a community-based organization to apply their disciplinary knowledge to a challenge identified by the community.
Field Placement provides students with an intensive part-time/short term intensive hands-on practical experience in a setting relevant to their subject of study. Field placements may not require supervision of a registered or licensed professional and the completed work experience hours are not required for professional certification. Field placements account for work-integrated educational experiences not encompassed by other forms, such as co-op, clinic, practicum, and internship.
