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Protecting Your Contact Center Agents’ Emotional Well-Being

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Every workplace has its pros and cons, but contact center agents have one of the toughest jobs out there. Just like agents are protecting your company, contact center leaders and managers need to protect them and their mental health. Attrition Turnover has long been an issue in contact centers.

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Preparing For Supply Chain Bottlenecks With BPO Support

Outsource Consultants

Contact center agents are on the front lines of this growing problem, answering customer inquiries and giving shipping updates. Automotive factory lines have now nearly halted due to shortages of semiconductors and other parts, as the industry was left unprepared to meet demand. The Impact on Contact Centers.

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Is the Contact Center a Good Career? Tenured Agents Say Yes

Balto

With year-over-year attrition rates reaching 45% or above , the contact center can seem like a transient job. But in reality, we found that while many people leave within their first year, a majority of tenured agents spend longer in the contact center than they originally planned — and they’re happy to have done so.

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The Top 4 Contact Center Trends To Boost Performance And CX

Playvox

Contact center trends can directly impact success. For the greatest impact and a clear competitive edge, contact center leaders must choose wisely when making business decisions about the trends to prioritize and implement in their organizations — because all change, even positive change, costs time and resources.

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The Gig Economy is Paving the Way for Agile Customer Service

TechSee

These gigs are often created to meet consumer demand via the real-time delivery of services. Physical contact centers were shut down, with agents hastily transitioned to a work from home (WFH) model and field service crews immobilized, yet calls from customers for assistance skyrocketed. Agent Burnout.

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Your All-in-One Guide to Call Center Workforce Optimization

Fonolo

From organizing call center agents to employing the right technology and developing a customer experience strategy, there are plenty of moving pieces in the successful operation of a contact center. Getting all those nuts and bolts to run in perfect harmony is often referred to as call center workforce optimization (WFO).

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The Importance of Accurate Forecasting for Omnichannel Volume

Playvox

Contact centers have changed drastically in recent years. The once “in-person” centers dealing with inbound calls have been replaced by global, distributed customer experience teams. In this post, we’ll explore several trends that are driving this growth and are influencing contact center leaders’ decision-making.