Your Way Into a Contact Center Job

The Job Offer and Your First 30 Days: Choosing the Offer and Getting Through the First Month

A bigger number in an offer letter doesn't mean higher income, and accepting the offer doesn't mean you've passed the final test. This lesson shows how to turn any offer into a monthly number that actually stays with you (the guaranteed part, what might be paid, and what you pay yourself), what to ask HR before you accept, and then the stages of the first month: the training room, the nesting stage, and full production, and what each one measures. In one report, steady pay was the top reason contact center agents gave for choosing their job, and in a survey of US contact centers (2016), more than 6% of new hires left within the first 30 days.

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