Download or read book Wake Up Your Call Center written by Rosanne D'Ausilio and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Fourth edition includes the Training Imperative, Self Service, Updated Statistics, and Expanded References.

Download or read book How To Be a Great Call Center Representative written by Robert W. LUCAS and published by AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn. This book was released on 2001-05-07 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Give your front-line call center staff the training they need! With How to Be a Great Call Center Representative, call-center staff will learn what technology-based customer service is all about, including the history, terminology, legislation, and technology options. This book is designed to supplement and enhance the industry-specific policies and procedures plus local, state, and federal guidelines to which a call center staff must adhere. Filled with exercises and self-assessments, the course presents specific, practical strategies for improving listening skills, building trust with customers, problem solving, and decision-making--all within the context of a busy call center. How to Be a Great Call Center Representative provides all the tools needed to be confident in handling customers and building a foundation for future growth and advancement. Readers will learn how to: • Identify the roles and responsibilities of a call center staff • Prepare yourself to deliver quality service • Learn to communicate successfully • Identify current legislation, terminology, and technology affecting call center staff • Develop skills for building trust • Enhance telephone verbal skills and vocal quality • Build problem solving and decision-making skills • Learn to handle difficult customer situations • Improve your time-management and multitasking skills • Identify ways to control your stress level • Learn to recover from mistakes—yours and your customer’s. This is an ebook version of the AMA Self-Study course. If you want to take the course for credit you need to either purchase a hard copy of the course through amaselfstudy.org or purchase an online version of the course through www.flexstudy.com.

Download or read book How to Be a Great Call Center Representative written by Robert W. Lucas and published by AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn. This book was released on 2001 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Give your front-line call center staff the training they need With How to Be a Great Call Center Representative, call-center staff will learn what technology-based customer service is all about, including the history, terminology, legislation, and technology options. This book is designed to supplement and enhance the industry-specific policies and procedures plus local, state, and federal guidelines to which a call center staff must adhere. Filled with exercises and self-assessments, the course presents specific, practical strategies for improving listening skills, building trust with customers, problem solving, and decision-making--all within the context of a busy call center. How to Be a Great Call Center Representative provides all the tools needed to be confident in handling customers and building a foundation for future growth and advancement. Readers will learn how to: Identify the roles and responsibilities of a call center staff Prepare yourself to deliver quality service Learn to communicate successfully Identify current legislation, terminology, and technology affecting call center staff Develop skills for building trust Enhance telephone verbal skills and vocal quality Build problem solving and decision-making skills Learn to handle difficult customer situations Improve your time-management and multitasking skills Identify ways to control your stress level Learn to recover from mistakes-yours and your customer's. This is an ebook version of the AMA Self-Study course. If you want to take the course for credit you need to either purchase a hard copy of the course through amaselfstudy.org or purchase an online version of the course through www.flexstudy.com.

Download or read book The Pursuit of Social Business Excellence written by Vala Afshar and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are not a social business you are losing market share. If you are not a social business, you are also losing the opportunity to recruit and retain the very best talent in the market. In this social and mobile era, customers have choices and voices that are scaled and amplified like never before. For businesses to truly connect with their employees and customers they must be able to listen, respond, engage, and add value in a timely and robust manner. But, to truly connect we must do so by way of a personalized and mutually beneficial approach; and in order to do this well, we must embrace social collaboration. By reading the Pursuit of Social Business Excellence you will be able to 1) identify foundational success elements of a social business; 2) follow a prioritized and guided step by step transformation process; 3) measure progress and identify self-reinforcing confirmation points. 4) increase top line revenue, profit, employee retention and customer loyalty. Afshar and Martin are award winning enterprise technology and management executives who have unlocked the value of social business transformation to drive industry leading growth, customer loyalty and profitability. In 2011, Afshar pioneered and led the efforts to drive the innovation behind enterprise networking industries first social machines. In 2012 Afshar and Martin s company, Enterasys Networks, was recognized as one of Boston's best places to work and was also awarded for top services-collaboration innovation, best contact center and next generation quality leadership.

Download or read book Call Centers For Dummies written by Real Bergevin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-04-16 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tips on making your call center a genuine profit center In North America, call centers are a $13 billion business, employing 4 million people. For managers in charge of a call center operation, this practical, user-friendly guide outlines how to improve results measurably, following its principles of revenue generation, efficiency, and customer satisfaction. In addition, this new edition addresses many industry changes, such as the new technology that's transforming today's call center and the location-neutral call center. It also helps readers determine whether it's cost-efficient to outsource operations and looks at the changing role and requirements of agents. The ultimate call center guide, now revised and updated The authors have helped over 60 companies improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their call center operations Offers comprehensive guidance for call centers of all sizes, from 20-person operations to multinational businesses With the latest edition of Call Centers For Dummies, managers will have an improved arsenal of techniques to boost their center's bottom line.

Download or read book The Guide Tools and Guidelines for Success to Provide Great Call Center Customer Service written by Dr. Harold L. Price and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2023-02-17 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harold L. Price has experience in call center customer service with a myriad of entities, such as Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Aetna U.S. Healthcare, The U.S. Small Business Administration, and the Social Security Administration. In addition, he is extremely pleased to have the opportunity to serve his country in the U.S. Coast Guard. This book provides a synopsis of the professional life of Dr. Price, as well as the gratitude he has for his educational accomplishments. One thing Dr. Price is keen to point out is that it's not about how or where you start in life but how you finish.

Download or read book Call Center Management on Fast Forward written by Brad Cleveland and published by ICMI Inc.. This book was released on 1997 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the only book available today that provides a very readable, step-by-step guide for managing an incoming call center. The book combines theory with practical advice and is filled with over 100 charts and graphs, several case studies and an extensive glossary and index. Readers will learn how to: achieve service level with quality in an era of more transactions, growing complexity and heightened caller expectations; understand the "how" behind best practices; boost caller satisfaction; win top management's support; and discover what separates a good call center from a great one.

Download or read book The Good Jobs Strategy written by Zeynep Ton and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2014 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A research-backed clarion call to CEOs and managers, making the controversial case that good, well-paying jobs are not only good for workers and for society--they're good for business, too.

Download or read book Course ILT written by Course Technology, Inc and published by . This book was released on 2003-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ILT Series course give students an overview of inbound call centers, managerial roles, and technologies that affect call centers. The course teaches students how to establish a call center, identify the call center managers' typical responsibilities, and determine the necessary technologies needed to best serve the company's customers, identify customer expectations, reduce the percentage of lost calls, calculate staff levels, and identify the reports that are used to evaluate a call center's performance. Students will also learn about establishing service goals, identifying areas for attention, and communicating effectively with executives. Course activities also cover reducing turnover, training employees effectively, managing employee stress, motivating, and communicating with employees. Finally, students will learn how to evaluate employee performance and establish monitoring programs. The manual is designed for quick scanning in the classroom and filled with interactive exercises that help ensure student success.

Download or read book The New Geography of Jobs written by Enrico Moretti and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2012 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Makes correlations between success and geography, explaining how such rising centers of innovation as San Francisco and Austin are likely to offer influential opportunities and shape the national and global economies in positive or detrimental ways.

Download or read book Interview Questions and Answers written by Richard McMunn and published by How2Become Ltd. This book was released on 2013-05 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book One Night at the Call Center written by Chetan Bhagat and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2008-12-10 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Press 1 for technical support. Press 2 for broken hearts. Press 3 if your life has totally crashed. . . . Six friends work nights at a call center in India, providing technical support for a major U.S. appliance corporation. Skilled in patience–and accent management–they help American consumers keep their lives running. Yet behind the headsets, everybody’s heart is on the line. Shyam (Sam to his callers) has lost his self-confidence after being dumped by the girl who just so happens to be sitting next to him. Priyanka’s domineering mother has arranged for her daughter’s upscale marriage to an Indian man in Seattle. Esha longs to be a model but discovers it’s a horizontal romp to the runway. Lost, dissatisfied Vroom has high ideals, but compromises them by talking on the phone to idiots each night. Traditional Radhika has just found out that her husband is sleeping with his secretary. And Military Uncle (nobody knows his real name) sits alone working the online chat. They all try to make it through their shifts–and maintain their sanity–under the eagle eye of a boss whose ego rivals his incompetence. But tonight is no ordinary night. Tonight is Thanksgiving in America: Appliances are going haywire, and the phones are ringing off their hooks. Then one call, from one very special caller, changes everything. Chetan Bhagat’s delicious romantic comedy takes us inside the world of the international call center, where cultural cross-wires come together with perfect pathos, hilarity, and spice.

Download or read book Bullshit Jobs written by David Graeber and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From bestselling writer David Graeber—“a master of opening up thought and stimulating debate” (Slate)—a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs…and their consequences. Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world? In the spring of 2013, David Graeber asked this question in a playful, provocative essay titled “On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs.” It went viral. After one million online views in seventeen different languages, people all over the world are still debating the answer. There are hordes of people—HR consultants, communication coordinators, telemarketing researchers, corporate lawyers—whose jobs are useless, and, tragically, they know it. These people are caught in bullshit jobs. Graeber explores one of society’s most vexing and deeply felt concerns, indicting among other villains a particular strain of finance capitalism that betrays ideals shared by thinkers ranging from Keynes to Lincoln. “Clever and charismatic” (The New Yorker), Bullshit Jobs gives individuals, corporations, and societies permission to undergo a shift in values, placing creative and caring work at the center of our culture. This book is for everyone who wants to turn their vocation back into an avocation and “a thought-provoking examination of our working lives” (Financial Times).

Download or read book Customer Service written by Robert W. Lucas and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Customer Service, 4/e" by Lucas features how-to topics for the customer service professional. It covers the concepts and skills needed for success in business careers, including listening techniques, verbal and nonverbal communication, and use of technology. Emphasis is given to dealing with customer service problems and how to handle conflicts and stress. Insights and tips are also provided for customer service supervisory personnel

Download or read book Call Center Forecasting and Scheduling written by Gerry Barber and published by ICMI Press (International Customer Management Institute). This book was released on 2000 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Call Center Forecasting & Scheduling There is simply no way to establish and operate an effective call center environment without a solid understanding of the principles behind forecasting, staffing, scheduling, service level, queuing dynamics and real-time management. Originally published in the pages of Call Center Management Review, these articles were selected for their educational value, practicality, and most importantly, coverage of timeless call center management principles. - Amazon

Download or read book Work Won t Love You Back written by Sarah Jaffe and published by Bold Type Books. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deeply-reported examination of why "doing what you love" is a recipe for exploitation, creating a new tyranny of work in which we cheerily acquiesce to doing jobs that take over our lives. You're told that if you "do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life." Whether it's working for "exposure" and "experience," or enduring poor treatment in the name of "being part of the family," all employees are pushed to make sacrifices for the privilege of being able to do what we love. In Work Won't Love You Back, Sarah Jaffe, a preeminent voice on labor, inequality, and social movements, examines this "labor of love" myth—the idea that certain work is not really work, and therefore should be done out of passion instead of pay. Told through the lives and experiences of workers in various industries—from the unpaid intern, to the overworked teacher, to the nonprofit worker and even the professional athlete—Jaffe reveals how all of us have been tricked into buying into a new tyranny of work. As Jaffe argues, understanding the trap of the labor of love will empower us to work less and demand what our work is worth. And once freed from those binds, we can finally figure out what actually gives us joy, pleasure, and satisfaction.

Download or read book Call Center Recruiting and New Hire Training written by Brad Cleveland and published by ICMI Press (International Customer Management Institute). This book was released on 2004-07-01 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised and Updated with New Material! Finding and retaining qualified agents is an endless challenge for call centers. An effective recruiting strategy, combined with a motivating, supportive training program that keeps new-hires charged about their potential with the company, will pay off in lower hiring costs and higher staff retention. Call Center Recruiting and New-Hire Training offers call center managers valuable insights and ideas on: ? Developing retention-oriented recruiting strategies ? How to select the most qualified candidates ? Developing new-hires into successful agents ? Recruiting and training call center supervisors ? Alternative labor pools Each chapter is filled with innovative practices, strategies and best practices from call centers that have successfully put a stop to the revolving door of agent attrition.