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Guest blog: The Future of Customer Service: Changes & Challenges in 2022

Comm100

Ultimately, customer service and contact centers have not been immune to these changes. In this article, we’ll look at some of the new challenges that have emerged to impact contact centers. For contact centers, this means that outsourcing, IVRs, and seasonal hiring practices will have to change.

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Maintaining Staff and Improving Speed to Competency During the Great Resignation

Upstream Works

For contact centers, this also includes staffing and operations. Digital transformation poses distinct operational challenges for the contact center that go beyond the customer and agent experience; we’ll address two of those challenges here. For now, AI will best serve contact centers as a complementary technology.

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From CEO Rob McDougall: Where Have All the People Gone?

Upstream Works

No area of business has been impacted by the great resignation more than the contact center. Many organizations were focused on improving customer experience and digitizing the contact center just two years ago. Staff members are resigning at unheard of rates and hiring has become next to impossible.

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Improve Agent & Customer Experiences with AI-Powered Contact Routing

Upstream Works

The pandemic has impacted every aspect of our lives, and the contact center is no exception. In a 2020 survey by Gartner , 41% of respondents noted that contact volumes had increased. In a 2020 survey by Gartner , 41% of respondents noted that contact volumes had increased. Intelligent Contact Routing to Self-Service.

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Improve Agent & Customer Experiences with AI-Powered Routing

Upstream Works

The pandemic has impacted every aspect of our lives, and the contact center is no exception. In a 2020 survey by Gartner , 41% of respondents noted that contact volumes had increased. In a 2020 survey by Gartner , 41% of respondents noted that contact volumes had increased. Intelligent Routing to Self-Service.

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3 Essential Factors for Onboarding Contact Center Agents

Upstream Works

Technology is undeniably important for contact centers to deliver great customer experience (CX), but nothing matters more than your agents. But, it’s the person-to-person interactions that will have the greatest impact on CX and the success of your contact center.

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Do your goals and metrics foster employee engagement?

Brad Cleveland Blog

This has been a brutal few years for many contact centers. Supply chain problems and the Great Resignation have caused challenges on every aspect of customer care. appeared first on Brad Cleveland.