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Contact Centers Can Thrive in the Worker Shortage

SmartAction

The early 2000s recession affected the US from March 2001 to November 2001 and led to a decline in participation in the workforce. Traditional IVRs aren’t cutting it anymore as the bodies needed to fill in aren’t there to take the calls. A live agent deals with anything handled outside of self-service.

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Millennials and the Work Ethic

Aspect

Millennials were born between 1976 and 2001. and founder of the research and consulting firm, Millennial Branding, describes them this way, ”self-centered, needy, and entitled with unrealistic work expectations.” They are very different from their doting baby boomer parents. Dan Schawbel, author of Me 2.0

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Intouch Games Automates 28% Of Live Chat Queries with ServisBOT

CSM Magazine

Founded in 2001, in the West Midlands, UK, as a manufacturer of leisure machines for the hospitality industry, Intouch Games launched its first mobile casino games in 2006. It allows us to easily scale by offering options for self-service on both live chat and phone queries.”.

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