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Keep Your Call Center At-Home Agents Engaged

Callminer

Since contact center agents interact with customers daily, it is essential that you create a plan and strategy for keeping at home agents engaged from afar. Tips to Keep At-Home Agents Engaged. Here are eight tips to keep your at-home agents engaged and productive. Communication is key.

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Call Center Metrics and KPIs to Measure Performance and Productivity

CCNG

There is a great deal of debate about what metrics call centers should measure now, especially with COVID-19 and the accompanying shift to work-at-home agents, staffing shortages, and persistent supply chain issues straining customers’ patience. Are there unique metrics for work-at-home vs. in-center?

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Prepare for Take-off – Maximize ROI During the Travel Industry’s Awakening

Outsource Consultants

In order to best serve your customers, agents need to be ready to answer questions and facilitate processes quickly. Luckily, at-home agents love the flexibility and convenience of working from home. Lower Your Average Handle Time to Increase Customer Revenue.

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6 Factors to Consider When Outsourcing

Global Response

Virtual, or utilizing “at-homeagents. Workforce Management : Meet with the outsourced contact center team responsible for this often-used discipline that analyzes historical information, future forecasts, channel volumes, average handle time, and schedules to determine optimal staffing for a given time period.

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Ten Dumb Things Smart Contact Center Executives Do

Taylor Reach Group

If properly executed and dependent on your company or industry, staffing remote agents or WAHA (work at home agents) can assist with optimizing your workforce in terms of performance and schedules while improving performance, adherence to forecasts and employee satisfaction. Not taking a long term view of your incentive program.