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Workforce Management for Call Centers: What You Need to Know

Playvox

As customer interactions and support have become more complex, and contact centers provide omnichannel support, call center leaders need a better way to maximize agent performance, gain operational efficiencies, and deliver an outstanding customer service experience. Does your spreadsheet do all that?

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Occupancy Rate: The Complete Guide

Fonolo

Agents need time to take a breath and collect their thoughts between calls; If they don't get it, their performance suffers, followed by higher absenteeism and, eventually, agent attrition. Consider an agent who is engaged in call-related work for 45 minutes during a 60 minute period.

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The Role Of Employee Self-Service In Workforce Management

Playvox

Ensuring that employees can be a part of managing their schedule has big benefits. Improved Efficiency Getting your staffing levels right and creating a balanced workload across all of your customer service channels is crucial. Overstaffing means excessive costs, loss of efficiency, and low productivity.

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What is Call Center Performance Management?

Talkdesk

Performance Management and Customer Experience Call center agents, like retail workers, are on the frontline of customer interactions, and often face frustrated or angry consumers who are upset about a situation and place the blame firmly on the person in front of them.

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How to Calculate Occupancy Rate in a Call Center

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Agents need time to take a breath and collect their thoughts between calls; If they don’t get it, their performance suffers, followed by higher absenteeism and, eventually, agent attrition. Keeping a close eye on the occupancy rate allows contact center managers to prevent agent burnout.