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Contingency Planning With At-Home Agents

Outsource Consultants

Call centers across the globe are making the difficult decision to limit or suspend operations in their primary locations. In many cases, simply asking employees to work from home is not as easy as it sounds. They resolved any technical issues years ago, and their agents are used to training and working in a remote environment.

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Voice Quality Validation for At-Home Agents

Cyara

In the face of COVID-19, many organizations have had to shut down their contact centers, and send agents to work from home. One of the big concerns with at-home agents is whether they have the right environment to effectively handle calls. This has been accomplished on impossible time tables.

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5 Reasons You Should Use Cloud Calling in 2023

Calltools

The cloud has revolutionized almost every sector in the last decade or so, including the call center industry. billion this year, according to Gartner, it’s likely more call center managers will invest in cloud technologies that improve performance and day-to-day operations.

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

Outsource Consultants

So what does that mean for your call center operations? So how can you maximize ROI across your call center operation to prepare for the travel industry’s awakening? In order to best serve your customers, agents need to be ready to answer questions and facilitate processes quickly.

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What is a Cloud-based Call Center Solution? (And How to Choose the Right One)

Babelforce

What does it mean for a call center solution to be in the cloud? And cloud call center solutions offer many benefits to companies that make the switch. To understand what a cloud-based contact center is, we first need to understand what we mean by the cloud. Agents can work remotely via a virtual call center.

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

Callminer

Providing feedback to agents in your call center is entirely needed to maintain and improve a quality facility. The right encouragement, or even criticism, could dramatically alter agent performance, both for on-site employees and at-home agents. Letting agents self-evaluate.

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5 Benefits of Blended Call Center You Should be Aware of

OctopusTech

Utilizing the time of agents is currently one of the most challenging aspects of the call center industry. Often, call center supervisors can be seen distributing and redistributing resources repeatedly to different departments and operations. Blended call centers. What is a blended call center?