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Bilingual Customer Support: Where Live Agents and AI Coincide

BlueOcean

Likewise, we know that offering live agent support for Spanish consumers is a competitive advantage in many markets in the U.S. You’ll want to ask about labor markets, hiring timelines, retention stats and more. The most recent census reports that 21.4% of Canadians speak French as a first language.

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BPO Call Centers: 8 Features To Look For

Global Response

Many offshoring companies offer multilingual support, but their agents are more likely to be fluent in languages that are less common in the US and Canada. Feature #2: Experienced Agents Similarly, the overall experience and expertise of your BPO call center’s agents will make or break your call center outsourcing experience.

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Onshore, offshore, nearshore call centers

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One of the main benefits of an offshore call center is simply the low cost—it provides a low barrier to entry for new companies who need an outsourced call center, and the competitive call center market in other countries means there’s lots of flexibility.