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Remember My Name!
Posted on June 12, 2020 in Agent Experience • Best Practices • Employee Engagement • Employee Experience • Hiring a call center consultant • Leadership • Occupancy • Positions • retention • Success • Training • Turnover • WFM
By Peg Ayers “A person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.” – Dale Carnegie Of the many skills required of me in more than 25 years of running large contact centers, one of the most critical has been the ability to remember employee names. When I left […]
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Millennial Myths & The Call Center
Posted on April 16, 2019 in Call Center Management • Call Center Performance • Employee Engagement • Hiring a call center consultant • People management • Positions • retention
Tags: #callcenter• #callcentre• #cctr• #cctrmyths• #contactcenter• #contactcentre• #custexp• #custserv• #Cx• #HR• Colin Taylor• Contact Center Management• Customer Experience• Leadership• millennials• Myths• Operational Management• Social Media• staffing• Taylor Reach Group• Training
By Colin Taylor I read an interesting article by Jennifer J Deal at strategy+business looking at five myths we hold about Millennials. For the past number of years we have all heard horror stories about organizations that gave away iPads, spot bonuses, socially conscious and social responsible activities, but still had staff leave for greener pastures. […]
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Millennial Myths & the Call Center
Posted on March 26, 2012 in Call Center Management • Call Center Performance • Employee Engagement • People management • Positions • retention
Tags: #callcenterDIY• #cctr• #custserv• baby Boomer• Call Center Consulting• Colin Taylor• Contact Center Consulting• Customer Service Consulting• gen X• Millennial• Myths• Strategy• Taylor Reach Group
By Colin Taylor I read an interesting article by Jennifer J Deal at strategy+business looking at five myths we hold about Millennials. For the past number of years we have all heard horror stories about organizations that gave away iPads, spot bonuses, socially conscious and social responsible activities, but still had staff leave for greener […]
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First 30 days for new Call Center Manager
Posted on July 27, 2010 in Call Center Consulting • Contact Centre Ops • Customer Satisfaction • People management • Planning • Positions • Quality • Technology
Tags: Alignment• Call Center Consulting• Colin Taylor• Contact Center Consulting• Contact Center Management• Contact Center Strategy• Customer Service Consulting• Strategy• Taylor Reach Group
As a call center consultant when I meet or speak to somone who has just been given the job of Call Center Manager, my response is always the same, “Congratulations or condolenses on your promotion, whichever you feel is more appropriate”. Seriously, managing a call center can be one of the hardest jobs in the […]
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TELUS Call center could bring 1,000 jobs to Las Vegas
Posted on February 06, 2009 in News • Positions
By Cydney Cappello An agreement reached between a telecommunications company and the city of Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency could bring up to 1,000 new jobs to the valley. TELUS plans to create a Las Vegas-based call center at 2251 S. Decatur Blvd. The 104,000-square-foot building used to be home to Montgomery Ward and Healthcare America […]
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Dell to charge for US based support calls
Posted on January 20, 2009 in Customer Satisfaction • News • Offshoring-Outsourcing • Opinion • Positions
So Dell believes they have found a solution to the level of dissatisfaction that customers feel when dealing with their offshore contact centers. For just $13/month or $99 a year you can speak with US based support agents with a wait time of two minutes or less. Those customers who do not enrol in the […]
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400 New Jobs Coming to the Southern Tier
Posted on February 01, 2008 in News • Positions
Stephanie Esposito ERWIN–A new company is coming to Southern Tier and bringing at least 400 new job opportunities with it! It’s the second major boost to the Southern Tier economy in just a few months. Governor Eliot Spitzer and other elected officials gathered in Erwin for the ribbon cutting of a new call center Thursday […]
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Site Selection for your Contact Center
Posted on September 22, 2007 in Customer Satisfaction • Offshoring-Outsourcing • Opinion • Positions • Site Selection
Site Selection for your Contact Center The boss has just asked you to head up the search for a new location for your contact center. You are flattered by the confidence that the boss has in you, you are confident that you can accomplish this task, just as soon as you figure out what to […]
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Job Opportunities – Toronto- Senior Account Exec,
Posted on June 07, 2007 in Positions • Sales • Technology
From time to time I get asked to assist friends and clients in recruiting staff in call center related activities. This is just such an occasion. The positions below are great opportunities for the right people and have significant upside potential for growth and advancement. If either role is of interest to you send me […]
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