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Rising Wages and the Contact Center Industry

Outsource Consultants

Many consumers have already noticed barren grocery store shelves and longer wait times in restaurants as service and supply chain industry positions remain unfilled. No industry is safe from rising labor costs, especially the contact center industry where a majority of employees are the heavily affected low-wage earners.

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3 Keys to Q4 Contact Center Success in 2021

Outsource Consultants

It’s because the ongoing labor shortage, paired with increased Q4 purchasing, is leaving many businesses that rely on contact center support exposed to looming CX disasters. This includes excessive hold times, overwhelmed agents, poor customer satisfaction, and ultimately brand harm. Tip the Scales with Technology.

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A Strategic Guide to Choosing Call Center Outsourcing Vendors

Blueship Call Center

Call centers began as internal divisions devoted to sales and customer service. The use of call center outsourcing techniques increased corporate productivity in the latter half of the 20th century. A key component of contemporary corporate strategy has been the option to outsource your call center.

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Preparing Your Contact Center for the Age of Virtual Agents

Taylor Reach Group

These past few months, we’ve watched contact centers turn to backup plans C and D as work schedules were impacted by stay-at-home orders or their agents’ refusal to go in because of the pandemic. Those who chose to make the contact center their temporary dwelling did so without the ability to take showers.

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Things I Wish I Knew Before Adding Call-Backs to My Contact Center

Fonolo

That’s why call-backs have become a contact center essential. If your hold times are longer than a few minutes, you are likely in for a bumpy ride. What can a call center manager do? Sure, hiring more agents will reduce wait time, but agents are expensive! Eliminate voicemail.

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25 Call Center Leaders Share the Most Effective Ways to Boost Contact Center Efficiency

Callminer

To gain some insights into the strategies and tactics call centers can use to boost efficiency and arm you with effective strategies you can put to use, we reached out to a panel of call center experts , managers and leaders and asked them to answer this question: “What is the most effective way for a contact center to increase efficiency?”.

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Hosted Contact Centers: Revolutionizing Customer Service in the Digital Era

NobelBiz

Hosted technology has been available to the contact center industry for several years, although its market penetration has been modest at best. Contact centers around the globe started experimenting with it to address the challenges posed by the pandemic.