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The Hiring Game Has Changed: Strategies for Solving Staffing Issues

CCNG

While many jobs come with a fair amount of stress, few positions are as taxing as that of an associate in a busy contact center who must regularly handle difficult customer service issues. According to a study by Cornell University , 87% of call center employees report high job stress levels.

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

Vistio

Today, we have with us, Matt Beckwith, a proud “ Contact Center Geek ” with over 25 years in contact center industry. 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.

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The Crucial Connection Between CX Tech & Training

The Northridge Group

We’ve seen companies that return to the core focus of people, process, and technology have not only adapted but thrived—realizing tangible improvements in customer service, reduced costs, and increased efficiencies within their contact center operation, as well as a bump in the overall experience.

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The Crucial Connection Between CX Tech & Training

The Northridge Group

We’ve seen companies that return to the core focus of people, process, and technology have not only adapted but thrived—realizing tangible improvements in customer service, reduced costs, and increased efficiencies within their contact center operation, as well as a bump in the overall experience.

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HGS Harvests Gold at CCW Awards Ceremony

HGS

Posted by Andrew Kokes, HGS Senior Vice President, Global Marketing. In June 2017, HGS partnerships found golden success—receiving first-place recognition for Best Outsourcing Partnership and Best Use of Self-Service Technology at the 2017 Contact Center World Awards. “We Contact Center Awards. outsourcing.

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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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Reaching Out to Improve the B2B CX

The Northridge Group

This article was originally published on Contact Center Pipeline and can be viewed here. How well-executed outbound customer contacts can deliver excellent CXs. Providing excellent customer experiences (CXs) is important for both business-to-customer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) contact centers.

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