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According to Contact Center Pipeline’s recent survey, the biggest challenge for today’s contact centers is high attrition rates—something that should come as no surprise when considering the average call center faces an average annual turnover rate of nearly 33%. And when asked what conditions must be present to create satisfied employees, 67% of contact center managers said relevant and sufficient training (Jabra). In fact, 41% of employees plan to leave those organizations with a training score of “poor”, as opposed to just 12% from those with a training score of “good”. So what are a few ways call centers can more effectively train and coach their employees to create a happier work environment and reduce attrition rates? Consider the following:

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Costing roughly $5,800 annually, employee acquisition and development is one of the more expensive and time-consuming line items on any company balance sheet. As it relates specifically to the call center space, an industry that has long been associated with extremely high employee turnover rates and low employee engagement, many managers have increasingly sought to mitigate the impact of low employee retention by enhancing the quality of their training programs. And with just a moderate 2% increase in employee productivity generally covering the entire cost of any training initiative, it’s hard to argue against the investment.

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