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Top Three Myths of Hiring Remote Contact Center Agents

NICE inContact

Hiring remote workers can be a competitive advantage for companies, especially contact centers. But there are a lot of misconceptions about remote workers and how they impact a contact center’s productivity and culture. Companies that offer a remote work program report 63% less unscheduled absences ( PGI, 2013 ).

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Is social engineering damaging your contact center?

Talkdesk

This rise of at-home agents, coupled with an increase in new contact center agents, has raised concerns over information security. According to research by La Salle University in Pennsylvania , in 2013 the average call center had one fraud call for every 2,900 calls received. appeared first on Talkdesk.

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Implement Continuous CX Improvements in Your Contact Center

NICE inContact

In the second episode, Building Continuous CX Improvements in Your Contact Center, Nate Brown, co-founder of CX Accelerator, shared his expertise regarding how to build an all-star contact center. CES – The Customer Effort Score was introduced by the CEB (now Gartner) in 2013.

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Guest Blog: “Zhuzhing Up” Humans in the Contact Center

ShepHyken

In the contact center industry, for example, there are fewer phone conversations going into customer support centers than in the past. The calls that do go through to the contact center agent are for more critical interactions — involving complexities, emotions or higher values. Not going away.

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Ways to Reach The Perfect Contact Center Services Philippines

Magellan Solutions

We were being awarded the ISO/IEC 27001:2013. ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Certification further showcases our strategy. “The ISO 27001 Certification completes our vision for Magellan Solutions Outsourcing as a call center and BPO provider” – Fred Chua, Magellan Solutions CEO. . Contact us today for more information.

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70 Customer Care RFP Questions (An Updated List + RFP Template)

BlueOcean

(This is updated version of our most popular blogs: 52 RFP Questions (2013), 51 RFP Questions (2016), 60 RFP Questions (2020)) Every few years we update our recommended list of contact center RFP Questions. How long have you been delivering AI solutions as part of your contact center services?

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Tortoise or Hare – Which One Best Describes Your Contact Center?

CSM Magazine

oz contact centers are sometimes too efficient for their own good leading to poor customer service and high agent attrition rates. Running a contact center takes me back to my school days and Aesop’s Fable of the ‘Tortoise and the Hare’. It all comes down to the basics so let’s start with how contact centers measure.