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4 Ways to Keep Your Remote Agents Engaged

Outsource Consultants

While the data certainly seems to indicate that fears of evaporating productivity in an at-home working environment were unfounded, maintaining employee engagement tends to take some effort. So how do you keep your remote contact center agents engaged? Remote Agent Engagement Can Be a Reality.

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Can gamification be used for work-at-home (WAH) agents?

DMG Consulting

Question: Can gamification be used for work-at-home (WAH) agents? Answer: The forced migration of on-site contact center employees to work-at-home agents has renewed interest in employee empowerment tools. The benefits of gamification solutions go far beyond the crucial need to enhance employee engagement.

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Onboard, Train and Engage Remote Agents with Gamification

Noble Systems

Contact centers have been hiring increasing numbers of work-at-home agents in recent years and it looks like this trend is expected to grow. According to the National Association of Call Centers, over 50% of contact centers in the United States tout that some percentage of their agents are now working from home.

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Key Engagement Drivers for At-Home Employee Models

24-7 InTouch

Companies are often looking for innovative ways to tap into their agents’ drivers and deliver them in an effortless and seamless way. But what about at-home or gig workers? Another at-home agent driver is the need to feel a part of the community they work within. DOWNLOAD VIRTUAL PROGRAM LAUNCH CASE STUDY.

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The Rising Risk of Call Center Agent Burnout in the Age of COVID-19

Skybridge

Skybridge Americas is one of very few customer care call centers that had invested early and robustly in the technology, infrastructure, and talent necessary to run large, geographically dispersed at-home agent teams. How are your agents doing during this unprecedented, often confusing, sometimes painful time? It wasn’t easy.

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Work-From-Home Agent Models: Key Considerations For A Seamless Agent Experience

24-7 InTouch

Technology: Tech teams must be able to provide support in a virtual environment instead of face-to-face, including the use of screen sharing to show agents how to fix issues as they arise. To secure VPNs for at-home agents, we leverage a two-factor authentication on the VPN via an RSA key. Want to get “intouch”?

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Workforce Management in 2021: Better than Ever

DMG Consulting

Interest in workforce planning has picked up over the last few years as companies have looked for ways to improve employee engagement. Using at-home agents makes it easier to address these challenges and is also expected to decrease the “fall-off” rate slightly.