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Jan31
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Management guru Peter Drucker famously said: If you can't find the right person to fill a job and people consistently leave the job, the problem lies in the job, not the people.
Why attrition rate in call center is so very high? Why the industry is experiencing such a huge erosion rate? Its not that all the organizations in unison are not a good place to work.
On top of that, believe me, not all those who leave the organizations are counted. Only those who spend some months, who successfully cross over the rigorous training process (and believe me not always agents find friendly trainers) and hit the floor and start taking and making calls and successfully complete probation period are counted as the ones who actually LEFT the organization.
Just imagine in actual what would be the attrition percentage if they would have counted everyone. 
pic: Lets find another job, dear
Read Attrition is high, and depending on the call center, it can be as high as 50 percent or even more, depending on circumstances. Every call center is not that bad, and even bad call centers have good times, but it all puts me in mind of what the late management guru Peter Drucker once said: If you can't find the right person to fill a job and people consistently leave the job, the problem lies in the job, not the people. Drucker's prescription was to consider re-organizing the job, break it down into smaller parts and reassign certain tasks so that more brains could be applied to the various challenges.
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Jan31
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Jan30
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Jan29
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Jan28
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After BPO and niche KPO, India’s third largest software producer Wipro Infotech chalking out plans to get into cloud computing services. Not North America, with a clear focus to concentrate beyond North America, Wipro will make investments in India and...
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This Reuter story on Heartache Leave deals with something which can change the office dynamics for ever. Heartache Leave won’t allow you to hide your emotion under your sleeves; everyone will know that you are vulnerable. That are prone...
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Recently, after some big buck deal everyone seems excited about the scope of Indian domestic market. Now this theory is in circulation that possibility of getting an IT deal after bagging BPO contract from a client is more for a...
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Infosys BPO, a subsidiary of Infosys has informed that company is expecting four outsourcing deals worth $50-$150 million in the next 3-6 months. The deals will be from sectors like telecom, banking and others.Infosys BPO Chief Executive Officer and...
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NASSCOM, India’s face to the world as far as outsourcing and IT is concerned has urged the country’s finance minister to extend the Software Technology Park (STP) scheme after2009. It asks the government to extend tax incentive to the...
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GE’s business process outsourcing wing Genpact has announced that it has acquired Axis Risk Consulting Services. Axis is an independent India-based risk consulting firm which delivers plethora of risk assurance services. The actual terms of the agreement or the...
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National Statistics Office in Philippines has claimed that the jobless growth rate has come down in 2007. According to the study approximately half or 49% of all employed persons got placed in services sector. Among other sectors the sector...
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As knowledge process outsourcing is gaining momentum, heavyweight outsourcing and IT players are also jumping into the bandwagon. Giant IT majors like Infosys, TCS and Wipro are now marketing their services not only in North America but other parts...
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