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The Impact of COVID-19 on Customer Service Job Market Trends

CSM Magazine

The coronavirus pandemic has drastically impacted every sector and industry, perhaps none more so than the customer service job family. When the coronavirus first hit the United States, the customer service industry experienced only a slight decrease in job openings from January to February.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of December 21, 2020

ShepHyken

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. How to Provide the Best Possible Customer Experience? GISuser) If you don’t have a well-planned customer service strategy, you are highly likely to lose business. million customers. by GISuser.

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The Hiring Game Has Changed: Strategies for Solving Staffing Issues

CCNG

While many jobs come with a fair amount of stress, few positions are as taxing as that of an associate in a busy contact center who must regularly handle difficult customer service issues. According to a study by Cornell University , 87% of call center employees report high job stress levels.

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Guest Post: Trends of Customer Service in 2023

ShepHyken

This week, we feature an article by Prabhjot Singh at Knowmax , a company that empowers customer experience teams to improve engagement through AI-powered knowledge management. He talks about the trends that customer service and experience professionals can expect for the remaining months of 2023.

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20 Business Leaders Share How Call Centers Can Address Increased Customer Vulnerability

Callminer

More customers are vulnerable today than ever before, in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic that has led to increase in health and financial crises. Read on to learn what our experts had to say about the most important steps call centers can take to address an increase in customer vulnerability. Chris Laan. Adrian Travis.

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How Has COVID-19 Affected Call Center Agent Turnover?

Fonolo

The COVID-19 pandemic threw a wrench in the works of many contact centers. We found a surprising and concerning trend during our analysis into the State of the Contact Center in 2020: agent attrition is getting worse. Similarly, COVID-19 could be the best thing to happen to contact center agent attrition for a long time.

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The Great Resignation: How to Retain Your Contact Center Agents

Playvox

In spring 2021, roughly one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, an unprecedented change occurred in the workplace. In April 2021, a record 4 million Americans quit their jobs. The trend persists. million Americans left their jobs. If every one of these agents acted on that thought, service centers would be gutted.