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10 Tips for Handling the Holiday Returns Rush in Your Call Center

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A new wave of callers surely already hit your call center – the holiday returns callers. Recruit agents from other departments. If your frontline of call center agents is scrambling to meet the needs of holiday returns callers, recruit them some backup. Leverage at-home agents. Congratulations!

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PINDROP PULSE FLASH REPORT: Five Insights of COVID-19 in the Contact Center

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As a critical customer interface, contact centers have felt the effects directly, regardless of geography and industry. The global pandemic hit this critical function, and many were left scrambling to keep their operations running, customer service levels up, and their customer data safe.

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The Impact of and Opportunity for Virtual Agents on Call Center Outsourcers

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Contact Centers spent of much Spring 2020 scrambling to shift agents to work-from-home or bring agent seats back onshore from locations where at home agents simply weren't feasible due to lack of critical infrastructure. At the same time, Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VOIP) emerged as viable technology.