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Contact Center Trends 2021: The CX Watershed

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Nobody escaped the long lines and endless waiting times. As the focus of contact center turns to creating value rather than reducing expenses, KPIs like customer satisfaction and service level will become increasingly favored over metrics like Average Handling Time. Improving Average Handle Time (AHT).

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25 Call Center Leaders Share the Most Effective Ways to Boost Contact Center Efficiency

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Source: Human Resource Management; Issue: 51(4); 2012; Pages 535-548. Average handling times (AHT) increase. Reduced Queue wait time : This can be done by having a strong dialer that can reroute calls to different agent groups. Repeat calls went down, but so did average handle time!

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“Free”: The True Costs of Knowledge Based Authentication Questions?

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However, despite the customer dissatisfaction, delays, longer wait times, and ongoing data breaches, KBAs do continue to persist and are still one of the more prevalent forms of consumer identity and verification. in 2012 to 6.1% Reduce Average Handle Time (AHT). Why is this so?

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Best Interview Questions and Answers for Hiring Live Chat Agents

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Average handle time is of great significance to customer satisfaction. Here’s an example of how one qualified candidate might respond: “I’ve been working with customer service since 2012. Average handle time is of great significance to customer satisfaction.