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

JustCall

What you deem high call volume varies depending on the size of your business and the industry in which it operates. When a call surge hits, your sales and customer service teams bear the brunt. Monitoring call volume patterns and adjusting staffing levels helps maintain service levels during peak periods.

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The Role Of Employee Self-Service In Workforce Management

Playvox

Reduced Labor Costs Overstaffing and understaffing are both major workforce scheduling challenges in customer service centers. With predefined rules in your workforce management solution, agents can self-serve and receive auto approvals and declines, removing the need to wait and eliminating the need for team leaders to get involved.

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How to Calculate Occupancy Rate in a Call Center

Fonolo

Why 80/20 is the Wrong Service Level for Your Call Center. Why Your Call Center Needs to Watch Abandon Rates. ‘Occupancy Rate’ is the percentage of time that agents spend handling customer inquiries vs. waiting for calls (idle time). How to Calculate Occupancy Rate.

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The Complete Guide to Call Center Management

Fonolo

In every industry, managers are the backbone of their workplace. Without proper management, call center agents could be left to handle overwhelming days on their own, lack incentive or structure to grow within their role, and become bored and burnt out fast, leading to high turnover and poor customer experiences.