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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. Personalize their training.

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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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4 Ways to Keep Your Remote Agents Engaged

Outsource Consultants

Most chat software allows for not only one-on-one communication between employees but also collaborative groups based on department or topic, or team-building ones surrounding personal interests. When used effectively, it can provide an experience that rivals – or even surpasses – that of an in-person meeting.

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What are the mobility capabilities of WFM solutions?

DMG Consulting

Answer: Remote workers, whether performing their job responsibilities off-site temporarily as a result of the pandemic, or agents who regularly rotate between home and contact center locations, as well as dedicated work-at-home employees, depend on mobility to help them effectively and efficiently perform their jobs anytime, anywhere.

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The Future of Remote Agent Call Centers

Outsource Consultants

In response to the remote agent trend, leaders are embracing a “hub and spoke” call center model. This model allows for agents to work comfortably from home but within a proximal distance for occasional in-person visits. Consider LMS or gamification platforms to help raise morale around ongoing remote training and work.

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The 3 “I”s to Empower Your Call Center Supervisors in 2021

Outsource Consultants

Simply put, at-home or hybrid models require different training methodologies than before — and even if your call center model hasn’t changed, your business surely has. Areas of innovation your BPO should already offer supervisors: LMS solutions to replace or supplement in-person training. Lowest AHT. Highest FCR.

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How to Move to a Work-At-Home Model When a Rapid Response is Required

COPC

In our environments, Virtual Team Leaders also exist at a 25-1 ratio and they are responsible for building personal relationships with each of their remote teams.”. What sort of an environment do Work-At-Home agents need? The obvious benefits of Work-At-Home agents are based around flexibility and business continuity.