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The Gig Economy: Why At-Home Agents Perfectly Complement Your Outsourced Customer Service

Advantage Communications

The gig economy is booming, allowing companies to hit workforce targets in a market where skill shortages are a huge concern. Did you know that homesourcing can be the perfect complement to your company’s current outsourced customer service program ?

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Call Center Metrics and KPIs to Measure Performance and Productivity

CCNG

There is a great deal of debate about what metrics call centers should measure now, especially with COVID-19 and the accompanying shift to work-at-home agents, staffing shortages, and persistent supply chain issues straining customers’ patience. Are there unique metrics for work-at-home vs. in-center?

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DMG Consulting Releases 2020 – 2021 Cloud-Based Contact Center Infrastructure Product and Market Report

DMG Consulting

DMG Consulting Releases 2020 – 2021 Cloud-Based Contact Center Infrastructure Product and Market Report. Who: DMG Consulting LLC, a leading provider of contact center, back-office and real-time analytics market research and consulting services. 2020 – 2021 Cloud-Based Contact Center Infrastructure Market Report.

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Onward and Upward – Why 2021 Is Poised to Be a Promising Year for the Contact Center Outsourcing Industry

Outsource Consultants

In a matter of days, it seemed that nearly everyone had managed to pivot to an at-home agent model. We were regularly surveying our outsource call center partners about their operations, and just a few days after governments worldwide implemented restrictions, 80% of their collective agents had fully transitioned to remote work.

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The Future of Remote Agent Call Centers

Outsource Consultants

And because of this reality, agents now enjoy far more career flexibility from the comfort of their home offices, as more employers are seeking top talent across a worker-friendly job market. In response to the remote agent trend, leaders are embracing a “hub and spoke” call center model.

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Stop Believing These 5 Common Myths About Working From Home

Skybridge

It demands a continuous, long-term investment in monitoring best practices, technology upgrades, and ongoing agent and management training. Myth: At-Home Agents Feel Neglected and Become Disengaged. The key is allowing your at-home agents to enjoy the best of both worlds. Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing.

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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.