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How to Handle High Call Volume: 10 Strategies for Success in Sales and Contact Centres

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Customer feedback or complaints – Certain events or issues like faulty products can cause widespread customer dissatisfaction. Without implementing flexible scheduling options, such as alternate shifts or remote work arrangements, you cannot ensure that all time zones are covered while preventing agent burnout.

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The Complete Guide to Call Center Management

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Average abandonment rate – the percentage of customers who hang up before interacting with an agent. Average time of work after calls – the amount of time agents spend working on related tasks after they’ve hung up with the customer. Focus on preventing employee burnout. Voice call-backs are a great place to start.

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4 Key Contributors to Call Center Absenteeism and How to Address Them

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If you don’t have enough agents working, your call center won’t have the resources to deal with high call volumes and caller demand. Abandonment rate. Agent satisfaction and attrition. Word to the wise: don’t wait until you have cases of agent burnout on your hands. Customer satisfaction (CSat).

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7 Proven Ways to Manage Contact Center Agent Staffing Shortages

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Being short-staffed causes gaps in the schedule and results in a situation where there are simply not enough agents to handle volume. Increased abandon rates. So, staffing shortages don’t just increase abandons, they also increase volume, which can back up queues even more. Increased agent burnout.

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The Role of Real-Time Data in Workforce Management

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They must also know when certain events – such as a weather event or a marketing campaign – will occur. If too many people are scheduled, you’ll see downtime between interactions, lower occupancy rates, and lower employee productivity for the agents. Essentially, you are spending money on labor you don’t need.

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Coronavirus preparation for your call center

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In the event that schools, businesses or other public services do need to shutdown, it will inevitably drive high absentee rates and attrition in your call center. The CDC has warned that Widespread transmission of COVID-19 in the United States would translate into large numbers of people needing medical care at the same time.