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The At-Home Agent Model is Here To Stay – What You Need to Know

Outsource Consultants

For the call center industry, it’s becoming apparent that the at-home agent model is here to stay. The at-home-agent model is the most functional approach during uncertain times, safeguarding services from the impact of pandemics, weather, traffic, and unforeseen issues with on-site facilities. Let’s Talk!

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The Future of Remote Agent Call Centers

Outsource Consultants

Are remote call center agents a part of your future plans? In a short time, businesses that rely on call center agents found their teams dispersed across remote home offices. Call Center Trends for Remote Work in 2022. Agents Are Calling Their Shot. Better Performance.

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Onward and Upward – Why 2021 Is Poised to Be a Promising Year for the Contact Center Outsourcing Industry

Outsource Consultants

As we close out a year filled with disruption, uncertainty, dark clouds, and silver linings, Outsource Consultants President and Founder Corey Kotlarz reflects on 2020’s challenges and successes, and his thoughts as we usher in a new year. What surprised you the most about how the call center industry responded to uncertainty in 2020?

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4 Ways to Keep Your Remote Agents Engaged

Outsource Consultants

Before 2020, many employers were wary, citing concerns about eroding camaraderie and dwindling productivity as barriers to a work-from-home policy. However, after taking the remote work model for a mandated test drive, many employers – including outsource call centers – have embraced the idea as a permanent option.

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Is social engineering damaging your contact center?

Talkdesk

Due to the pandemic, 2020 has been the year where many organizations have transitioned to a work-from-home (WFH) model to ensure employee safety. In some cases, organizations saw themselves dealing with more calls while transitioning to a WFH practice.

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7 Strategies for Embracing the Work From Home (WFH) Call Center

Serenova

Coronavirus has officially kicked the work from home (WFH) trend into a permanent reality — and the call center is no exception. At the outset of the pandemic, as families rushed to stock up on toilet-paper and canned goods, contact center leaders were scrambling to transition customer service agents to remote status.

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Did you hear that? Listening to the voice at the center of your CX strategy

Skybridge

For North American brands and the customer care teams who support them, 2020 launched a period of upheaval, unforeseen challenges, and wildly fluctuating consumer needs. But the truth is, a handful of customer care leaders were ready for 2020. Hiring models for high-performing at-home agents and supervisors had long been developed.