Call Center Staffing: The Complete Practical Guide to Workforce Management

Call Center Staffing - The Complete, Practical Guide to Call Center Management takes the reader through the step-by-step process of forecasting workload, calculating staff, creating schedules, tracking daily performance, and managing by the numbers in a call center. Topics include: Overview of call center staffing issues Data gathering and analysis Forecasting workload Calculating staff requirements Creating staff schedules Skill-based routing and scheduling Managing intr-day staffing and service Calculating trunk/network requirements Staffing for multi-media contacts Automating workforce management Call Center staffing alternatives Workforce management roles and responsibilities The book is designed to be a how-to guide to enable today's call center professional to master the art and science of call center staffing.