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10 effective tips for training WFH contact center agents

Talkdesk

Customer expectations for service are rapidly evolving, so training a team of at-home agents to align with these expectations can bring tangible benefits to any company. Make sure your at-home agents are aware by explaining the impact that schedule adherence has on key performance indicators (KPIs) like service level.

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At-Home Call Recording & Management

OrecX

At the same time, you want to be able to analyze these conversations for customer intelligence and assess staff’s performance to ensure high customer service levels. There are several questions you can ask yourself to assess your need to record your at-home agents: 1. Are your agents offering medical advice?

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8 Tips to Prepare Your Holiday Contact Center Agents

Calltools

You might want to train contact center agents to: Use a script to speed up call times during busy holiday contact center periods. A good script will help agents navigate conversations and reduce errors that extend calls. Escalate complaint calls to the correct team member to improve the customer experience.

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Brazilian Water and Sanitation Service Company SABESP Migrates Agents to a Work-from-Home Model with Vocalcom Omnichannel Contact Center Solution

VocalCom

SABESP uses Vocalcom Contact Center solutions for both voice and digital channels in their contact centers, but also for their multiple face-to-face agencies managing in-person customer care service for 400 cities throughout the São Paulo state. Moving SABESP agents to a work-from-home model while increasing contact center capacity.

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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. “How much power do your agents have? Don’t skip over this one.

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25 Tips & Best Practices for Identifying the Best Call Center Services

Callminer

Inbound Call Centers: An inbound call service handles (either in part or the whole) the incoming phone calls regarding your business. This could be incoming sales enquiries, but usually pertains to customer service and support issues. These agents are often cheaper than dedicated agents but more expensive than shared agents.

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

Xaqt

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. COVID-19 changed the entire industry in an instant. Do I move everything to the cloud?