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Contact Center Workforce Management Best Practices

Fonolo

Managers know that call center workforce management matters. Put it another way: if customer interactions are at the heart of a contact center’s success, then effective workforce management is the backbone. That’s why contact centers are investing in it in droves.

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Ask a Contact Center Technology Expert: An Intro to Call Centers (Part 1)

Noble Systems

In that time, we’ve seen a lot of changes – in technology, in customer behaviors, and even in employee expectations. We get a lot of questions about managing contact centers, building successful customer contact strategies, and how new technologies can help impact the customer experience.

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Workforce Management for Call Centers: What You Need to Know

Playvox

Managing forecasting, scheduling, and agent productivity in a call center is a lot like searching for the fountain of youth. While we don’t have a roadmap to the proverbial fountain, we can help steer you in the right direction for better call center workforce management (WFM).

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Ask a Contact Center Technology Expert: An Intro to Call Centers (Part 1)

Noble Systems

In that time, we’ve seen a lot of changes – in technology, in customer behaviors, and even in employee expectations. We get a lot of questions about managing contact centers, building successful customer contact strategies, and how new technologies can help impact the customer experience.

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How Has COVID-19 Affected Call Center Agent Turnover?

Fonolo

However, it would be just as naïve to think the demand for contact center agents will decrease over the next two years. Why is Call Center Agent Turnover Increasing? Contact Centers Have Neglected the Agent Experience Too Long. There are Better Options for the Contact Center Workforce.

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Effectively managing home-based call center agents is possible. Here’s how.

Tethr

Looking into flexible scheduling options is one way to offset call center agent turnover. For others, this means giving reps the reigns to work remotely if the technology is in place to support it. Transitioning from a team of 100 percent onsite call center agents to a more flexible working environment can be daunting.

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Are Remote Agents the Future of Contact Centers?

Monet Software

The lasting impacts of COVID-19 are unknown but the accelerated shift to the remote call center workforce management is likely to endure. Will remote agents continue to represent a significant proportion of the call center workforce? The contact center workforce was already going remote.