Articles - Staffing

Getting staffing right is one of the biggest challenges (or, if you’re an optimistic, biggest opportunities) in contact centre management. This page brings together expert guidance, templates, and best practices on planning, scheduling, and maintaining the right staffing levels to meet customer demand. Discover how to forecast accurately, manage peaks and absences, and build flexibility into your operation without losing control of costs. You’ll also find ideas for improving recruitment, retention, and workforce engagement, helping you create a stable, well-prepared team that delivers consistent service.

46 Tips for Managing Absence
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What’s the Best Team Leader to Agent Ratio in the Contact Centre?
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How to Calculate Schedule Inefficiency
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How to Calculate Staffing in a Contact Centre
Preparing Your Call Centre for the Olympics
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50 MORE Expert Tips to Improve Contact Centre WFM
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50 Expert Tips to Improve Contact Centre WFM
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A Beginner’s Guide to the Erlang A Formula
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Workforce Optimisation: 11 Ways to Improve Your Contact Centre Schedules
How to Avoid Schedule Dissatisfaction
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The Top Ten Call Centre Problems
Beginner’s Guide to Workforce Management Software
How to Forecast With Limited Data
The Challenge of Being a New Contact Centre Manager
How Can Technology Prevent Understaffing?
How to Stop Advisors Rushing Through Calls at the End of Their Shifts
A Guide to Call Centre Forecasting
Being Super-Busy: The Modern Excuse for Not Coaching Staff
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Motivational Games for Call Centres
10 Things You Need When Calculating How Many Contact Centre Advisors You Need
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Call Centre Erlang Staffing Calculator – v 5.0 – With Abandons and Day Planner
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What is Erlang and the Erlang Calculator?
A Simple Way to Improve Communication in the Contact Centre
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50 Call Centre Training Tips