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

Outsource Consultants

In order to best serve your customers, agents need to be ready to answer questions and facilitate processes quickly. Luckily, at-home agents love the flexibility and convenience of working from home. Set Goals — Just like lowering AHT, you call center agents should always be aiming toward metric goals.

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Contact Center Leaders and Technology Experts Talk Challenges and Solutions for Better CX

Serenova

For example, are advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and interactive voice response (IVR) the solution? Yes, automation is helping by taking care of the most basic customer service needs, such as password reset—rudimentary tasks agents find monotonous. Support and Collaboration of Remote Agents.

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

pindrop

Most contact centers were unprepared for the magnitude of the shift to work from home and scrambled to take steps to set their agents up with technology and secure VoIP infrastructure at home. Agents and analysts faced productivity issues as environmental changes and technology constraints took their toll.

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Chat in the Contact Center – an Expert Panel Weighs in – Part 3/3

Taylor Reach Group

Paul: In terms of comparing chat to voice and the IVR, it has a long way to go. People will still generally evaluate the voice call with a higher degree of satisfaction, because of the human interaction. Endless Agent Options.

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

Callminer

The right encouragement, or even criticism, could dramatically alter agent performance, both for on-site employees and at-home agents. Lack of Confidence: Some managers are great at meeting metrics and making schedules. With a global team of 1,000 agents who handle more than 5.5