Outsource Consultants

MARCH 16, 2020

Call centers across the globe are making the difficult decision to limit or suspend operations in their primary locations. In many cases, simply asking employees to work from home is not as easy as it sounds. They resolved any technical issues years ago, and their agents are used to training and working in a remote environment.

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Outsource Consultants

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Are remote call center agents a part of your future plans? In a short time, businesses that rely on call center agents found their teams dispersed across remote home offices. Call Center Trends for Remote Work in 2022. Agents Are Calling Their Shot.

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Outsource Consultants

JUNE 1, 2020

For the call center industry, it’s becoming apparent that the at-home agent model is here to stay. The at-home-agent model is the most functional approach during uncertain times, safeguarding services from the impact of pandemics, weather, traffic, and unforeseen issues with on-site facilities.

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CustomerServ

MARCH 21, 2022

There is a great deal of debate about what metrics call centers should measure now, especially with COVID-19 and the accompanying shift to work-at-home agents , staffing shortages , and persistent supply chain issues straining customers’ patience.

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TCN

MAY 21, 2021

Before we get too far into our call center tips for at-home agents, I’d first. The post Call Center Software Tips for the Best At-Home Agents appeared first on TCN.

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Tethr

JULY 6, 2020

It’s too early to brush COVID-19’s sweeping impact aside, but call center leaders are already looking for ways to proactively ready themselves and their teams for the next crisis—or the second wave of this one. The post Important post-COVID strategies for the call center appeared first on Tethr.

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Outsource Consultants

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

A strong intercontinental georedundancy strategy, coupled with leveraging at-home agents, is more important than ever. Selecting markets on the rise allows call center leaders to maximize the ROI of their outsourced call centers. Three Emerging Call Center Markets to Watch.

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Contact Center Pipeline

JUNE 10, 2020

Has anyone besides me noticed how many contact center industry work-from-home (WFH) experts there suddenly are? That would be Michele Rowan and I wrote about her in my April column (“On-Trend: At-Home Agents”). I thought there was only one, really. The timing of that column was totally serendipitous.

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Callminer

JULY 23, 2019

Providing feedback to agents in your call center is entirely needed to maintain and improve a quality facility. The right encouragement, or even criticism, could dramatically alter agent performance, both for on-site employees and at-home agents. Letting agents self-evaluate.

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Contact Center Pipeline

JANUARY 31, 2018

It’s not surprising that contact center predictions for 2018 accounted for two of the most popular posts in January. A look at the common characteristics shared by award-winning contact centers; tips to help work-at-home agents stay productive and focused; and an update on the state of remote work in […].

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Tethr

MARCH 3, 2020

Looking into flexible scheduling options is one way to offset call center agent turnover. For some, this might mean allowing your workers to select shifts that best support their home lives. Transitioning from a team of 100 percent onsite call center agents to a more flexible working environment can be daunting.

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Inova Solutions

JANUARY 14, 2020

The benefits are clear and proven for both remote call center agents and the companies they work for. Learn how to keep call centre agents engaged and delivering great customer service in our latest blog. Add new comment.

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Advantage Communications

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

In fact, some innovative outsourced call centers, such as Advantage Communications , are making the most of stay-at-home agents to enhance the world-class customer service they are providing on behalf of their clients.

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Agents who work from home present different benefits and challenges for call centers. Workers who are physically in the call center have the opportunity to learn from walking around the center or listening in on a neighbor. Remote agents can miss out on this opportunity and experience.

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Outsource Consultants

JUNE 6, 2022

Before 2020, many employers were wary, citing concerns about eroding camaraderie and dwindling productivity as barriers to a work-from-home policy. However, after taking the remote work model for a mandated test drive, many employers – including outsource call centers – have embraced the idea as a permanent option.

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Talkdesk

MAY 12, 2020

Customer expectations for service are rapidly evolving, so training a team of at-home agents to align with these expectations can bring tangible benefits to any company. Say “Hi” to the team Kick off training with a video introduction from the call center managing director, department heads and agent supervisors.

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OctopusTech

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Utilizing the time of agents is currently one of the most challenging aspects of the call center industry. Often, call center supervisors can be seen distributing and redistributing resources repeatedly to different departments and operations. Blended call centers. What is a blended call center?

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Outsource Consultants

DECEMBER 14, 2020

What surprised you the most about how the call center industry responded to uncertainty in 2020? In a matter of days, it seemed that nearly everyone had managed to pivot to an at-home agent model. At-home work is here to stay, at least in some form.

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Working from home has become an acceptable and appealing option for call center agents. When supporting Work at Home (WAH) Agents, the following should be used when deciding what technology tools are most important to help WAH agents effectively use their skills, stay in control, manage customers, and minimize stress.

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Aspect

MARCH 26, 2020

A large technology company was being inundated with inbound calls and needed an approach to “insulate their contact center.” ” They wanted to throttle the amount of calls that route to an agent in their call center. Learn more about the webinar series and register here.

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Outsource Consultants

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

But for call center leaders it’s been a year of tirelessly onboarding new tools and deploying new strategies catered to remote work. Luckily, 2021 is projected to be a promising year for call centers , with agents performing at a high level. Here are three “I”s that are essential for call center success in 2021.

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Talkdesk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

In some cases, organizations saw themselves dealing with more calls while transitioning to a WFH practice. This rise of at-home agents, coupled with an increase in new contact center agents, has raised concerns over information security.

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Outsource Consultants

AUGUST 3, 2020

So what does that mean for your call center operations? So how can you maximize ROI across your call center operation to prepare for the travel industry’s awakening? In order to best serve your customers, agents need to be ready to answer questions and facilitate processes quickly.

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EPIC Connections

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

The benefits of a home-based agent model are undeniably exciting. From cost savings to reduced attrition, the work-at-home agent model is attractive to say the least. However, deploying it in a way that is successful for both business and agents can prove challenging. Selecting the Appropriate Technology.

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The Call Center School

MAY 28, 2020

With more at-home agents today, your service teams need training now more than ever. That’s why The Call Center School has created its first e-book, “ Agents at Home: How to Start Your Online Training Program.”. Remote work isn’t the future. It’s the present.

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Noble Systems

AUGUST 8, 2019

Contact centers have been hiring increasing numbers of work-at-home agents in recent years and it looks like this trend is expected to grow. According to the National Association of Call Centers, over 50% of contact centers in the United States tout that some percentage of their agents are now working from home.

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Skybridge

JUNE 10, 2020

For so many organizations, survival has depended on whether their employees could even do the job remotely and how quickly they could be back up and working from home. For brands that have always used onsite call centers to care for their customers – and for the agents who worked onsite – this has been a particularly challenging time.

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Calltools

MARCH 8, 2023

The cloud has revolutionized almost every sector in the last decade or so, including the call center industry. billion this year, according to Gartner, it’s likely more call center managers will invest in cloud technologies that improve performance and day-to-day operations.

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Outsource Consultants

MARCH 8, 2022

Of course, there are still price differences among domestic BPOs due to factors such as location and call center size, so there are opportunities to minimize the financial impact. But the most effective way to reduce, or at least maintain, call center costs is to look beyond our borders.

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Working Solutions

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Apply a little search engine optimization (SEO) thinking to recruit work-at-home agents.

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Advantage Communications

JUNE 4, 2019

Today, we live in a connected world where workers are able to work for the brands they love from any corner of the globe. That’s why the contingent workforce, which is made up of contractors, freelancers and consultants, now makes up a staggering 30 percent of the entire US Workforce.

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Spearline

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

As we settle into 2022, it seems like call center agents may continue in their WFH (work from home) mode even beyond the pandemic. This will be done either part time or full time, for some agents or for all of them. Just like the on premise call center, the cloud solution ends up with some new challenges.

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Babelforce

MARCH 30, 2022

What does it mean for a call center solution to be in the cloud? And cloud call center solutions offer many benefits to companies that make the switch. To understand what a cloud-based contact center is, we first need to understand what we mean by the cloud. Agents can work remotely via a virtual call center.

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Serenova

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Coronavirus has officially kicked the work from home (WFH) trend into a permanent reality — and the call center is no exception. At the outset of the pandemic, as families rushed to stock up on toilet-paper and canned goods, contact center leaders were scrambling to transition customer service agents to remote status.

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Tethr

JULY 22, 2020

When it comes to call center leaders and their teams, is quality weaved throughout the relationship? That being said, high standards are especially critical when it comes to the team who is having conversations with the customers on a regular basis—your call center agents.

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Contact Center Pipeline

AUGUST 25, 2020

When you think of working from home, several benefits come to mind. And, if you usually eat out for lunch, you can save money by eating home-cooked meals. Working from home can also improve one’s work-life balance and help reduce the […]. The savings in both time and money to commute back and forth to work.

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Talkdesk

DECEMBER 3, 2015

A new wave of callers surely already hit your call center – the holiday returns callers. Recruit agents from other departments. If your frontline of call center agents is scrambling to meet the needs of holiday returns callers, recruit them some backup. Leverage at-home agents. Congratulations!

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