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Workforce Management's Impact on Customer Service

Call Center Weekly

The Workforce Management function has many customers – the external customers, agents, business managers, finance, marketing… Success is in finding the balance of forecasting and scheduling “Human Resources” to assist the external customers when they want assistance. Have them at “Hello!” Communication is key!

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From 411 Operator to Contact Center Geek: An Interview with Contact Center Operations Expert, Matt Beckwith

Vistio

He has been named a top thought leader in the contact center space and serves on the steering committee for the Northern California Contact Center Association. Left to our own devices, the folks like me that are running contact centers, we wouldn’t go out there and build new products, right?