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Keep Your Call Center At-Home Agents Engaged

Callminer

Working from home gives employees a break from the constant office noise along with the opportunity to embrace a more flexible schedule that improves their work-life balance. Global Workplace Analytics recently reported that businesses would save an average of $11,000 per remote employee if they worked from home at least half of the time.

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Understanding your remote workforce: The most important metrics to look at

LiveVox

Understanding your remote workforce: The most important metrics to look at You’ve set up at-home agents. So, you’ve taken the plunge, and, like many other contact centers, you’ve got your agents set up to work from home.

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Work from home programs are no longer a reward system

Aspect

Here are some best practices to consider as you define or enhance your work from home program, specifically for your customer engagement center. Define the Agent Profile. Not everyone makes the perfect work at home agent. Define the Home Office. Define Call Monitoring and Speech Analytics metrics.

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The Work-from-Home Revolution & the Engagement Challenge

VocalCom

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated this existing trend: while the crisis was raging, a survey by Gartner revealed that 41% of employees expected to be more likely to work remotely at least some of the time after the pandemic, while a survey by Global Workplace Analytics showed that 77% of the workforce wanted to work from home (“WFH”) after it.

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The Top 3 Contact Center Talent Priorities in 2018

Talkdesk

When asked about upcoming talent initiatives, contact center executives identified three major priorities for the next two years: using analytics to better align staff (73%), expanding training programs (63%) and deploying flexible work arrangements (53%). Talent Priority #3: Deploying flexible work arrangements.

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Top 10 Technological Contact Center Trends

Insite Managed Solutions

Speech Analytics: Speech analytics measure how a caller feels by analyzing the tone, speed, and loudness of their voice. Home Agents: Cloud and IP telephony developments have given rise to the virtual call center, and 41% of enterprise contact centers plan on employing work-at-home agents in the near future.

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Call Center Agent Feedback: Tips & Best Practices for Providing Effective Agent Feedback

Callminer

The right encouragement, or even criticism, could dramatically alter agent performance, both for on-site employees and at-home agents. Lack of Confidence: Some managers are great at meeting metrics and making schedules. Leverage analytics to offer targeted agent training and coaching.