Why waste your spare time if you can earn money with it. A home inbound call center agent is one of the growing businesses nowadays, although it is not that popular but this kind of home based business already exists for quite long now. An inbound call center is one that solely or predominately handles inbound calls.

Companies are hiring home inbound call center agent because the company do not have to pay the regular wage that they pay to the company based agents but they get the same quality work. The company do not have to offer benefits like holiday pay, insurance or even pensions in short the company can save money by hiring an outsider call center agent.

This is a great opportunity to those people want to work at home. There are a lot of companies who offer the same kind of work. All you need is to search in the internet for different companies that are outsourcing their work as they may have opportunities for inbound call center agents.

There are some requirements that you need to have in order to start a home based call center. You will need a computer with a Windows operating system and a processor of at least 300 MHz as well as an adequate amount of hard drive space. You will need internet access. Obviously you cannot do the task if you do not have an internet connection it is because you will need to have an email address since most of the actual call center work and communication will be done on the computer. There are some instances that company require you may also be required to download an instant messenger.

Another is telephone, this is very important because you can not receive call if you do not have telephone. Companies prefer the corded telephone. Much better if you can afford to buy an avaya phone. Avaya phones are IP telephones that are used by call center companies. Good thing about using this kind of telephone because it can be connected in your computer in which you can trace the incoming calls.

Most important thing is the good telephone etiquette. In order to be an effective customer service representative, you should be aware and sensitive to your customer. All you need is a lot of patience, adequate knowledge about the company you are representing, and a passion to give a helping hand to your valued clients.