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Contact Center Agent Burnout – Part 2, Causes and Remedies

Noble Systems

So, let’s dive into the top five causes of agent burnout and look into what you can do to combat them. Overworking agents. Touch-tone and voice commands route calls, provide personalized information to callers and offer faster self-service for transactions that do not require an agent. Leaderboards also help.

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2024 Predictions for Call Center Outsourcing

Outsource Consultants

Our insights draw from current trends, emerging technologies, and the changing needs of businesses and customers. Let’s grade our 2023 predictions before unveiling our anticipated trends for the BPO industry in 2024. Prediction: Political Call Centers Confront the Self-Service Trend Why?

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Occupancy Rate: The Complete Guide

Fonolo

When it comes to demystifying call center metrics, ‘occupancy rate’ shouldn’t be forgotten. Occupancy rate is basically a measure of how “busy” call center agents are when they are at work. Occupancy rate is the percentage of time that agents spend handling customer inquiries vs. waiting for calls (idle time).

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Why AHTs Still Matter and 5 Ways to Improve Them

CSM Magazine

Average handle time is an important contact centre metric but it can be a double-edged sword that creates customer dissatisfaction. So, is Average Handle Time (AHT) still a relevant metric and what does it mean for contact centres today? It’s important to strike the balance between speed and personalised service delivery.

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How to Create a Call Center Agent Satisfaction Survey That Drives Actual Change

Fonolo

But have you considered the impact of your agent satisfaction? Yet less than 30% of contact centers track this metric, despite its direct impact on standard industry KPIs. If you don’t know the state of your agents’ satisfaction levels, it can be difficult to create positive change. Work-life balance.

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How Contact Centers Can Better Report Agent Efficiency

Quiq

What Metrics Should You Be Monitoring? To make meaningful improvements to operations, companies need to pick out the most powerful metrics for contact center reporting. An excessively low occupancy suggests the contact center has hired more agents than contact volume demands. How to Improve Contact Center Metrics.

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

Fonolo

Absenteeism, otherwise known as absence rate, is arguably one of the most overlooked call center metrics. This percentage figure reveals the amount of unapproved or unplanned time agents spend away from their work. This can cause the following call center metrics to suffer: Cost of operation. Gather feedback from your agents.