By Minerva Serrano I’m always looking for opportunities to coach and mentor others with entrepreneurial dreams, so when a colleague suggested I share my thoughts in conjunction with International Women’s Day, I jumped at the chance. Activus Connect is a certified Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) and Minority Business Enterprise (MBE). In just three years, we’ve … International Women’s Day: Advice for Aspiring Entrepreneurs
Opportunities for personal growth and career progression are significant at any company. Not only do they help attract great talent, but they also improve retention and overall team motivation. However, all too often, companies in the customer experience and BPO space fail to offer anything past the traditional agent-supervisor-manager track, which can deter high-quality candidates. … Career Stories: From New Recruit to Dream Job in Less than a Year
By Anthony Crutcher, CIO, Activus Connect Ask successful entrepreneurs about the importance of workforce diversity in creating a healthy business, and you will find a typical response: without it, you are limiting the firm’s potential. Building a diverse company isn’t just the right thing to do; it’s hugely beneficial to the bottom line. McKinsey & … Why Virtual Employment is the Key to Building Greater Workforce Diversity
When somebody mentions a career in contact centers, call centers, or customer experience services, what are the first thoughts that come to mind? Perhaps you imagine hundreds of employees crammed into cubicles taking calls from an offshore location. Maybe those employees have just left college or are “in between jobs” and aren’t fully committed. To … How Customer Experience Careers Positively Impact Lives
In an increasingly virtualized world, organizations need solid leadership teams to solve the challenges of running a successful work-from-anywhere business. Still, world-class leaders are always in high demand. As competition heats up to recruit this top-level talent, companies are looking for ways to distinguish themselves as market frontrunners by building an innovative, performant culture that … How We Attract World-Class Leadership Talent to Our Virtual Business
Empathy and understanding are two cornerstones of great customer experiences, which is why life experience has always been a vital element of Activus Connect’s approach to recruitment. Hope Wild, one of our Team Experience Coordinators, brings plenty of life experience to the table, but also a natural desire to help people in need, which she … Life at Activus: An Opportunity to Help People, Wherever You Are
When customers live in stressful times, the responsibilities of a contact center employee become far more challenging, leading to burnout extremely quickly. The contact center workforce is subject to name-calling, threats, and all sorts of irate customers on a daily basis, so customer experience providers have a direct responsibility to continuously help employees manage stress … Who Ya Gonna Call? Stress Busters
When people experience challenging times, the best kind of support comes from those who have shared those experiences and understand the difficult situation they’re facing. As an Ambassador at Activus Connect, Janelle Cuevas-Cruz works on one of our support programs answering incoming calls and assisting customers for a client in the financial services and lending … Life at Activus: The Importance of Empathy in Times of Crisis
With the most difficult year in recent memory almost behind us, we wanted to look back on one of the more positive sides of 2020: the new and exciting ways of doing business in a virtualized world. In this fireside chat with Felix Serrano, CEO and Co-Founder of Activus Connect, we close off the year … CEO Viewpoint: 2020’s Impact on CX and the Future of Activus Connect
Diversity is a major priority area for most businesses today, and with good reason. A recent study by McKinsey found that diverse companies are 35% more likely to outperform their competitors, while 67% of workers consider an employer’s diversity and inclusion model a deciding factor in their job hunt, according to Glassdoor. The prospects of … Boosting Diversity and Inclusion with Solid CX Partnerships