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communicate with customers

🔻 Declining ESCO reuse: cross-sector

Respond to and communicate with customers in the most efficient and appropriate manner to enable them to access the desired products or services, or any other help they may require.

communicate with customers — respond to and communicate with customers in the most efficient and appropriate manner to enable them to access the desired products or services, or any other help they may require. McKinsey's Skill Change Index places it in the declining band (SCI 86.98/100) — a skill likely to fall in demand as AI and automation cover more of its ground by 2030. ESCO classifies it as a cross-sector (useful across many industries) skill within skills. It is currently listed by 107 occupations in our catalogue, including Customer service representatives, Pest control workers, Massage therapists, and Barbers.

Category: skills › developing professional relationships or networks SCI: 86.98/100 Also known as: provide customer service, supply customer service, respond to customer requests, respond to customers, engage with customers, help customers

Occupations that require communicate with customers

Showing top 20 of 107 occupations · ranked by India employment volume, then AI-durability.

Customer service representatives 👥 800,000 · 🤖 7.7/10
Pest control workers · 🤖 1.6/10
Massage therapists · 🤖 2.4/10
Barbers · 🤖 2.8/10
construction general contractor · 🤖 3.0/10
rental service representative in construction and civil engineering machinery · 🤖 3.0/10
technical sales representative in mining and construction machinery · 🤖 3.0/10
rental service representative in agricultural machinery and equipment · 🤖 3.7/10
technical sales representative in agricultural machinery and equipment · 🤖 3.7/10
bus driver · 🤖 3.8/10
car and van delivery driver · 🤖 3.8/10
carriage driver · 🤖 3.8/10
motorcycle delivery person · 🤖 3.8/10
moving truck driver · 🤖 3.8/10
tram driver · 🤖 3.8/10
trolley bus driver · 🤖 3.8/10
equine dental technician · 🤖 4.5/10
life coach · 🤖 4.6/10
private chef · 🤖 4.6/10
cabin crew instructor · 🤖 4.7/10

Frequently asked questions

What is communicate with customers?

Respond to and communicate with customers in the most efficient and appropriate manner to enable them to access the desired products or services, or any other help they may require.

What category of skill is communicate with customers?

ESCO classifies communicate with customers under the skills category, specifically in the developing professional relationships or networks subcategory.

Is communicate with customers an AI-durable skill?

McKinsey's Skill Change Index places it in the declining band (SCI 86.98/100) — a skill likely to fall in demand as AI and automation cover more of its ground by 2030. Prioritise this skill only when it directly enables paid work today — plan for AI to absorb more of it every year.

Which jobs require communicate with customers?

In our catalogue, 107 occupations list communicate with customers as a required or important skill. The top occupations by employment volume include Customer service representatives, Pest control workers, Massage therapists, Barbers, construction general contractor, rental service representative in construction and civil engineering machinery.

How transferable is communicate with customers between industries?

ESCO tags communicate with customers as a cross-sector (useful across many industries) skill — a signal of how portable it is when you change field.

Is communicate with customers the same as provide customer service?

Yes — communicate with customers is also known as provide customer service, supply customer service, respond to customer requests, respond to customers, engage with customers, help customers, assist customers, or talk with customers. They refer to the same underlying capability in the ESCO taxonomy.

How can I learn communicate with customers?

The most reliable path is to pick a job or project that demands communicate with customers and learn through delivery. Complement that with role-specific roadmaps and short courses. Explore the occupations below to see where this skill is used in practice.

Data: ESCO v1.2.1 (CC-BY-4.0). Durability framework informed by McKinsey Global Institute (Nov 2025). See our methodology.