ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - (Page 11) PEOPLE BY MALCOLM C. McCULLOCH, PH.D. for directors, managers, quality specialists, supervisors and team leaders Y M Selecting the Right Prehire Tests for Call Center Agents Use this simple roadmap to help eliminate the guesswork in identifying the right tests for your agent hiring process. Your business is changing and so are the skills, abilities and aptitudes necessary for success in your center. For many of you, the nature of your hiring assess- ments must change. Yesterday’s interview script and skills test aren’t going to help you hire people who can succeed in tomorrow’s center. The following example illustrates an all-too-common hiring challenge in the call center industry. A NEED FOR PREHIRE TESTING The ABC call center experienced too many bad hires. They had individuals who looked good on paper with previous customer service experience and who came across in the interview as cheerful, polite, enthusiastic and very bright. Too often, however, once hired and trained in the center’s customer service protocol, the new agents’ performance was less than desirable. icmi’s insight www.icmi.com | JANUARY 2008 11 http://www.icmi.com
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 Contents Customer Care Technologies Ad Index Editor's Page Contact Center Spotlight People: Prehire Tests In The Center Strategy: Video Contact Centers Show Preview Operations: Knowledge Management Industry Research Contact Centers Face Today's Realities: A Case for Consolidation 2.0 Is Your Agent Training Process Evolving with the Role? The Key to Innovation Is Maintaining Your Strengths Becoming Strategic: Using Customer Contact Analytics to Empower the Contact Center's Role ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - Customer Care Technologies (Page 1) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - Customer Care Technologies (Page 2) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - Ad Index (Page 3) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - Ad Index (Page 4) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - Editor's Page (Page 5) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - Editor's Page (Page 6) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - Editor's Page (Page 7) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - Contact Center Spotlight (Page 8) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - Contact Center Spotlight (Page 9) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - Contact Center Spotlight (Page 10) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - People: Prehire Tests (Page 11) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - People: Prehire Tests (Page 12) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - People: Prehire Tests (Page 13) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - People: Prehire Tests (Page 14) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - People: Prehire Tests (Page 15) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - In The Center (Page 16) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - In The Center (Page 17) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - In The Center (Page 18) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - Strategy: Video Contact Centers (Page 19) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - Strategy: Video Contact Centers (Page 20) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - Strategy: Video Contact Centers (Page 21) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - Strategy: Video Contact Centers (Page 22) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - Show Preview (Page 23) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - Operations: Knowledge Management (Page 24) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - Operations: Knowledge Management (Page 25) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - Operations: Knowledge Management (Page 26) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - Operations: Knowledge Management (Page 27) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - Operations: Knowledge Management (Page 28) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - Operations: Knowledge Management (Page 29) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - Industry Research (Page 30) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - Industry Research (Page 31) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - Contact Centers Face Today's Realities: A Case for Consolidation 2.0 (Page 32) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - Contact Centers Face Today's Realities: A Case for Consolidation 2.0 (Page 33) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - Contact Centers Face Today's Realities: A Case for Consolidation 2.0 (Page 34) ICMI's Customer Management Insight - January 2008 - Is Your Agent Training Process Evolving with the Role? 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