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What Is Workforce Management in a Call Center?

Global Response

As you consider shifts and agent hours, you’ll also want to ensure you factor in “non-call” work such as after-call processing, training and coaching, breaks, time off and other responsibilities that add to agents’ weekly or daily time. Do agents need more training? Are your forecasting models accurate?

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Call Center Workforce Management

NobelBiz

Because of the socio-economic turmoil created by the same lockdowns, the pool of candidates ready to take up a job in a remote-work call center grew exponentially. Of course, it is always better to have a wider talent selection pool. WATCH NOW What is call center workforce management?

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Call Center Workforce Management Metrics: How To Measure And Improve Performance

Playvox

Choosing the right call center workforce management metrics to monitor and manage in your customer support center is essential for the success and longevity of the customer experience. Workforce management metrics provide crucial insight into how well you are planning your workforce. Invaluable.

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Essential Technologies in Call Center Workforce Management

Tenfold - Contact Center Blog

Humana deployed artificial intelligence software trained to detect conversational cues, to coach call-center agents and supervisors, in real-time, when calls with customers were going awry. BI frees managers to do the job they were hired to do: manage call center agents.

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Whisper Coaching to Train Remote Employees

Calltools

Having the right tools and techniques at your disposal can help you develop a team of call center agents that are effective. What is whisper coaching? In short, whisper coaching or call whispering as it is sometimes referred to is when a sales manager “whispers” in the ears of a call center agent during a call.