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Institute associates are available to deliver in-depth leading-edge keynote presentations at conferences and company meetings on a variety of Customer Care topics.
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Workers Have Surprising Misconceptions About Being Underpaid
The online survey indicates that 65% of workers plan on looking for a new job in the next three months and that the majority of people cite inadequate compensation as the primary reason they want to walk out the door.
Wednesday, 01 February 2006
Open, Honest Communication From Leaders Critical During Crises
Employee communication experts agree that bad news should be delivered by organization leaders in a face-to-face forum. However, according to a recent survey conducted by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), only 37% of companies use face-to-face meetings with employees as their primary vehicle to communicate difficult news.
Monday, 30 January 2006
Pressure to Meet Unrealistic Business Objectives and Deadlines Is Leading Factor for Unethical Corpo
Pressure from management or the Board to meet unrealistic business objectives and deadlines is the leading factor most likely to cause unethical corporate behavior, according to a new survey on business ethics. The desire to further a career and to protect their livelihood are ranked second and third, respectively, as leading factors. That is according to a global survey commissioned by American Management Association (AMA) and conducted by the Human Resource Institute (HRI).
Thursday, 26 January 2006
Carnival Cruise Call Center Can't Recruit
Florida center has trouble finding enough agents for high-paying sales jobs. Starting pay is a mere $16,500, but with $50 commission on each cruise sold, most agents make about $40,000 a year.
Tuesday, 24 January 2006
What It Means to be a Call Center Manager
What it comes down to is learning to see the call center from a point of view based on the ultimate goal. "Happy customers" is shorthand for a complex relationship between company and customer base where both sides get what they want from each other.
Wednesday, 18 January 2006
Use a PC to Deliver Customer Care Training
The holiday season provides restaurants with one of the greatest opportunities to increase profits and build the customer base. Many restaurants fail to maximize on the opportunity due to a lack of training.
Friday, 09 December 2005
IT Vendor Customer Experience Teams Projected to Nearly Double Through 2008
Customer Experience Research by IDC estimates that staffing of the Customer Experience function in IT vendor companies will grow by over 40% per year through 2008. Organizations that have previously invested in customer experience leadership expect their teams to grow more than 80 percent during the same period.
Monday, 05 December 2005
Employers Won't Give Big Pay Raises in 2006
Do not expect a big pay raise next year. That is the prognosis from a survey of over 1,000 employers nationwide
Monday, 05 December 2005
Don't Put the Loner in Customer Service
What manager has not struggled with the problem of not having enough of a key resource needed to do the job? You shuffle people, juggle tasks and priorities, and plead for more resources.
Monday, 05 December 2005
It's Service With a Smirk
CareerJournal.com, a website publication of The Wall Street Journal, issued a list earlier this year of the worst career fields. While cowboy, fisherman and dancer were on there, customer service representative was not.
Monday, 05 December 2005


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