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And this just in a A Cheektowaga company plans to hire 40 workers for a new call center in Fort Erie.Northstar Location Services Inc. will open its first Canadian operation on June 1 at the Crossroads Travel Centre, according to the Niagara Falls Review. New call centres were announced recently by Wipro who is [...] The month of April saw the US call center industry actually contract by approx 675 jobs after months of positive growth. The net reduction was cited in the April 2012 Call Center Openings & Expansions Report, published by the Site Selection Group. Based on major announcements of openings expansions and closings the report saw global [...] J.C. Penny To Close Call Center, Layoff 300 Workers Former Apple, Inc. executive Ron Johnson continues to make his mark at J.C. Penny. The company is going through large changes, and the customer service call centers are not escaping the close scrutiny: J.C. Penney Co. announced Thursday that it will close its Customer Call Center [...] Is Your Website a Call Center Tool? Millennial Myths & The Call Center, News, Views and “How to’s” In This Issue Is Your Website is a Call Center Tool? Millennial Myths & the Call Center By Colin Taylor Coming Events Call Center Wishes Can Come True…No Genie Required Trends for 2012 from Snapshotz & Customer [...] In addition to the closure of their St Catherines Ontario call centre announced earlier this month Transcom has now announced its intention to close its Sault Ste Marie, Ontario call centre. At the same time Transcom is expanding its operations in two centres in the Philippines. The company says that these events are unrelated and [...] I am not sure if you saw this news story. Zappos got hacked on the weekend and data related to 24 million customer was exposed in whole or in part, see the story below. The most interesting thing about this event from my perspective was the last line in the article which states that due [...] Below are some of our favorite blogs and posts on call centers, customer service, and customer experience that we have come across in the past few days. Hope you enjoy reading them as well. Let us know your thoughts comments and suggestions- we appreciate the feedback. Customer service needs friendly return Delaware News Imagine how [...] Consumers believe service on the way down A new study has found that more than half of Australians believe customer service levels have declined in the past five years. The study by consultancy AMR and customer feedback platform Feedback ASAP, is based on a survey of 521 Australian consumers. According to the report, 58.5% of [...] Here is an interesting story of using massages, dinners and beverages to boost morale and keep call center agents engaged. Stressed Christchurch staff get shoulder massages Hard worked Christchurch City Council customer service staff are receiving free shoulder massages every 10 days to boost morale. Call volume at the council’s contact centre has doubled since [...] “Simplify, simplify”, said David Thoreau and that is good advice for today’s call center and contact center operator. In our call center consulting practice we have seen many organizations that added too much complexity into the process that created barriers and obstacles for customers to overcome. [...] |
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