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

Outsource Consultants

As we close out a year filled with disruption, uncertainty, dark clouds, and silver linings, Outsource Consultants President and Founder Corey Kotlarz reflects on 2020’s challenges and successes, and his thoughts as we usher in a new year. In a matter of days, it seemed that nearly everyone had managed to pivot to an at-home agent model.

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BPO Outsourcing Trends in 2023: What Should We Expect?

CustomerServ

If 2020 and 2021 were years of change, transformation, and tumult in the business process outsourcing (BPO) world, how do we describe 2022 ? Outsourcing costs have been steadily rising in the U.S., BPOs to offer lower pricing for work-at-home vs. in-center because that delta closed rapidly during and post-pandemic. Here we go….

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4 Ways to Reduce CX Outsourcing Costs in 2022

Outsource Consultants

In the outsourcing and customer service industry, wage growth has made it next to impossible to find workers without added financial output. With this in mind, Outsource Consultants has come up with some innovative ways for you to cut costs related to customer support. Don’t make it more complicated than it already is.

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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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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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Rising Wages and the Contact Center Industry

Outsource Consultants

companies looking to outsource any positions they can to less expensive regions in an attempt to keep costs under control. Many companies have seen the cost savings and reliability of outsourcing, leading them to move some or all of their support to other regions. As costs rise domestically, other countries will begin to see more U.S.