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		<title>Answers: Has anyone used incentive schemes to reduce sickness absence?</title>
		<link>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/question-has-anyone-used-incentive-schemes-to-reduce-sickness-absence-2449.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jorobinson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[absenteeism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Incentives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motivation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Can anyone advise if they have any experience of using incentives to reduce sickness?Money is not an option so I wondered if rewarding staff for good attendance with additional days off (1 per six months free from absence) would be viable. I am currently working on the financial impact of this and wondered if anyone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Answers: Can somone give me some advice on setting up a forecasting ability?</title>
		<link>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/question-can-somone-give-me-some-advice-on-setting-up-a-forecasting-ability-2333.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jorobinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was wondering if someone can give me some advise on setting up a forecasting ability for a contact centre that currently has nil experience or ability in forecasting.
The Centre has 75 staff working on phones from 0830-1800 Mon-Fri.
The staff are roster in 8 hour shifts covering this period.
As yet there is no collection of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Answers: Can you help with my sales call centre woes?</title>
		<link>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/question-can-you-help-with-my-sales-call-centre-woes-2332.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/question-can-you-help-with-my-sales-call-centre-woes-2332.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jorobinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I work within the sales call centre for a Honda dealership and I try to get people to come in and  book appointments.I have been doing this for about three months and so far I haven&#8217;t had much luck.  I need suggestions on how to get people to book an appointment, to see a sales person [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Answers: Can anyone suggest some useful telephone interview screening questions?</title>
		<link>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/can-anyone-suggest-some-useful-telephone-interview-screening-questions-2315.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/can-anyone-suggest-some-useful-telephone-interview-screening-questions-2315.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jorobinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Call Centre Answers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We are currently looking for inbound customer service agents. 
What are the most useful questions to ask during a telephone screening interview?
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		<title>Answers: How can I design a flexible rota for agents?</title>
		<link>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/question-how-can-i-design-a-flexible-rota-for-agents-2266.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/question-how-can-i-design-a-flexible-rota-for-agents-2266.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jorobinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I working for a Call centre and we have a problem in designing a flexible rota for the agents.
Due to a complicated rota system, absenteeism is very high.  We work on a 24 /7 basis and receive more than 25,000 calls per day with about 180 staff. How can we design a flexible rota system?
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		<title>Answers: I need some advice on abandoned call targets.  Can you help?</title>
		<link>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/question-i-need-some-advice-on-abandoned-call-targets-2224.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jorobinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have recently adjusted our service level targets to 85% in 15 seconds.  We would like to extend this and offer up a realistic abandoned calls KPI based on the new service level target.
We are struggling to achieve the current target of 1% at certain times.
I need some advise please on what abandoned call target [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Answers: I need a set of open questions for outbound calling &#8211; any ideas?</title>
		<link>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/question-i-need-a-set-of-open-questions-for-outbound-calling-any-ideas-2268.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/question-i-need-a-set-of-open-questions-for-outbound-calling-any-ideas-2268.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jorobinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have started to work as a call center trainer and would like some ideas on having a set number of opening questions which can be used for outbound calling.
I am working with a travel company, who offer coach trips to the UK and were about to start calling old leads and new ones who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Answers: Homeworking</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jorobinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question:  We are looking to trial homeworking in our contact centre. Has anybody got any practical experience on running homeworking and in particular the management issues associated with managing people who are not in the office?
Read on to find out what advice some of our regular panellists offer&#8230; 
Answer courtesy of Sue Cooke:
America has been successfully making use [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Answers: Improving training</title>
		<link>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/question-improving-training-1850.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/question-improving-training-1850.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jorobinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I have recently set up my own outbound call center and all of my agents are inexperienced. I would like advice on how to train my agents so that they became the top agents in the industry. Can anyone help?&#8221;
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Answers: Multilingual call centres</title>
		<link>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/question-multilingual-call-centres-1851.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.callcentrehelper.com/question-multilingual-call-centres-1851.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jorobinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Does anyone know of any multilingual call centres in the UK?&#8221;
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