A few months into the IRS bringing employees back into offices across the country in a phased approach, Commissioner Charles Rettig said agency facilities will return to “full staffing” by July 15, and will prioritize tax return refunds and customer...

Companies caught short by the pandemic are hiring from a pool that was already prepared to handle a surge in phone traffic away from offices. A workplace injury two decades ago when she was newly pregnant left Robin Ervin with...

Quarantines will end. Remote work could be here to stay. As the coronavirus pandemic forces millions of Americans to shelter in place, many are forced to do their jobs from home for the first time ever. And when all this...

Even before the coronavirus pandemic hit, the remote job market was on the rise, with more and more workers seeking out flexible arrangements that allow them to work from home or travel the globe. According to a report done by...

TAMPA — Two months after announcing layoffs of 245 employees from its call center east of Tampa, Concentrix this week notified Tallahassee that up to another 174 layoffs are coming. Concentrix, which provides call center and other support services to...

Leading CCaaS and CRM providers join forces to power faster and more personalized customer experiences NICE inContact (Nasdaq: NICE) today announced a joint partner agreement with Zendesk, a leading provider of customer service software. These two market leaders are joining...

Global Voice Analytics Market By Application (Sentiment Analysis, Sales & Marketing Management, Risk & Fraud Detection, Call Monitoring, Others), Component (Solution, Services), Deployment Mode (Cloud, On-Premises), Organization Size (SMEs, Large Enterprises), Vertical (BFSI, Retail & E-Commerce, Telecommunication, Healthcare & Life...

Early results show that the growth of the call center industry remained stable in 2019 with the creation of approximately 140,000 jobs at 286 call center facilities across the world. These results are slightly lower than 2018 but still reinforce...

With so much press about offshoring, nearshoring and onshoring of call center operations, there is very little information on the size of the call center industry in the most popular global call center locations. To evaluate the industry’s size, Site...

When is Medicare Open Enrollment? Louise Norris April 19, 2019 Medicare open enrollment dates The annual Medicare open enrollment period is from October 15 to December 7. NEW as of 2019: Medicare Advantage open enrollment (January – March) Medicare changes...