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Workforce Management's Impact on Customer Service

Call Center Weekly

When callers negotiate the IVR and determine that human intervention is what they need, the distance between the IVR and the agent is significantly influenced by the efficacy of the Workforce Management team. You must answer the phone to provide the service or close the sale. Have them at “Hello!” Hire the right Workforce Team!

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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. And certainly, with technology, I take a lot of sales calls. There’s a bunch that I don’t take, but I take a fair number of sales calls.