Staffing and Hiring in a Call Center

Copyright (c) 2008 Hani Masgidi

Finding and retaining right people for the call centre is a well known dilemma, as there are certain shortcoming which are attached with this particular business, so, all the measures can only contribute in reducing them and that's the maximum achievable when it comes to call centre hiring and Call Center training.

Retention is highly recommended, go an extra mile to retain an agent who is a part of your call centre, he has pre-qualified, has got-on with the things and you are also able to evaluate his abilities. Make a correct judgment about the skills of the person and offer all that which the person expects by way of any of your company intelligencia. Changing people is a never ending story for call centers; changing the mindset of the people is the need of the hour. Understand their requirements and make sure to highlight them rather than replacing them. You have already invested in their training, up gradation and grooming.

In case you need to have a contact center CSR hired look at it as a real challenge for you. Do a lot of homework about the interviews and selection strategy. Conduct an in-house meeting with Managers and supervisors to evolve an efficient and effective evaluation procedure that can end-up in picking right people for the job. Look for the accent first of all, that's the biggest selling-point. Measuring the overall performance should be your second priority from all the aspects|. Put some of stupid questions across and detect the patience of the person, if he keeps his nerves cool and come up with respectable reply, go for this person. He/she will sustain.

Through cross questioning, bring-out the internal roadmap of the person about his pursuits of career. Be clear about his activaties and outlook. Ask him about any ideal call centers' pre-exquisites, this way he will give you his picture about the call centre he wants to join and what things will satisfy him in the long run. Always make sure to keep the interview assessment sheet, it is one of the most important documents the staff file should have.

Regardless of the facts elaborated in the article, time 7 again, the only short-cut to get good call centre agents is the experience. This is the best thing can help you doing it good. So behave maturely, improve communication, enhance flexibility in overall decorum, and facilitate your agents to maximum extent, so that they can be at peace of mind to make effective sales or to offer quality customer service. Time has changed for the employee and employer, now both have to understand each other to fall into long-term relationship, so care for your agents and get care in turn and it works.