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How Retirees Returning to the Workforce Benefits Your Contact Center

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Indeed Hiring Lab’s Nick Bunker shared on Twitter that the number of retirees returning to the workforce was on the rise going into 2022, a phenomenon he’s named “ unretirement.”. Related Article: 7 Proven Ways to Manage Contact Center Agent Staffing Shortages. How To Welcome Retirees Back To Work In Your Contact Center.

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Remote Work: The Dangerous Disconnect Between Contact Center Management and Agents

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There’s a storm brewing in customer service centers, and the aftermath could create some big challenges for contact center management. In our 2022 study of customer support agents and managers, 68% of agent respondents said they didn’t want to return to an office. In the end, bringing employees back is a risky move.

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DMG Consulting Releases 2020 – 2021 Workforce Management Product and Market Report

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Background: DMG Consulting LLC , a leading provider of contact center, back-office and real-time analytics market research and consulting services, today released its 2020 – 2021 Workforce Management Product and Market Report.

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DMG Consulting Releases 2021 – 2022 Workforce Management Product and Market Report

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DMG Consulting Releases 2021 – 2022 Workforce Management Product and Market Report. Who: DMG Consulting LLC, a leading provider of contact center and back-office market research and consulting services . What: Releases 2021 – 2022 Workforce Management Product and Market Report. When: Today, 11 March 2021.

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Balto Elevates the Agent Experience in the Contact Center with New Suite of Features

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Louis, MO — Balto, the leader in uniting contact center agents with AI for better conversations, is excited to announce the release of a suite of features for its market-leading real-time guidance platform dedicated to improving the agent experience in the contact center. Gamification.

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The Importance of Accurate Forecasting for Omnichannel Volume

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According to 2022 research by ICMI , almost half of contact centers (47%) are still manually creating forecasting models. An AI-driven workforce management solution does the heavy lifting to automate forecasting and many of the other repetitive and time-consuming manual tasks in contact center workforce management.

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Call Center Workforce Management Metrics: How To Measure And Improve Performance

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Essentially, it’s about maximizing performance for the best customer experience for as low a cost as possible. In fact, 42% of contact centers told ICMI in 2022 that they varied as much as 15% from their forecasts — and 10% of contact centers said they varied by 16% or more.