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2024 Predictions for Call Center Outsourcing

Outsource Consultants

Predicting the future of the call center industry is no easy feat – it’s a complex and ever-evolving landscape. The call center industry was grappling with high turnover and absenteeism, prompting a shift towards prioritizing agent stability and morale.

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Understanding Call Center Occupancy in the Contact Center and How To Optimize It

TechSee

In today’s age of customer-centric service, call centers must deliver quick answers, short hold times, and the ability to speak to a live representative on demand. How can Management ensure their call centers are up to par? They can either staff up significantly or improve their call center occupancy.

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Contact Center Agent Burnout – Part 2, Causes and Remedies

Noble Systems

When you factor in that call centers typically spend $8800 on hiring and training new agent, attrition can cost a 100-agent contact center about $325,600 per year. In addition, you may be risking your reputation and impeding the quality of customer service, which can lead to plummeting customer satisfaction.

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

JustCall

Reports highlight that 83% of callers would avoid a company after a bad brush with the company’s IVR system. So, how do you manage call surges during unanticipated high-traffic periods? Let’s explore the top 10 tips high call volume call centers could use. High call volume: What is it?

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7 Proven Ways to Manage Contact Center Agent Staffing Shortages

Playvox

Anecdotally, even the promise of substantially higher contact center agent salaries isn’t resulting in the number of qualified hires call centers need to fully staff up. With the holiday rush looming, an agent shortage could be detrimental to business. Increased agent burnout.

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Contact Centers Can Thrive in the Worker Shortage

SmartAction

Traditional IVRs aren’t cutting it anymore as the bodies needed to fill in aren’t there to take the calls. With easily scalable virtual agents, hold times are eliminated. to self-service for over 100 types of interactions, from the most common to the most nuanced.

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Contact Center 101: A Comprehensive Guide

JustCall

Introduction Customers expect the brand they shop with to be more proactive and responsive in reaching out and speaking with them; 93% of service professionals say that customer expectations have increased drastically as compared to previous years. How Does a Contact Center Work?