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We hope you enjoy the show.</feedburner:browserFriendly><item><title>CallCenter Tools - Episode 7 - Call Monitoring</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCallcenterPodcast/~3/6H-XFKkHzvc/callcenter-tools-episode-7-call.html</link><author>CallCenterTools@Gmail.com (Rick and Rob)</author><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2006 10:02:06 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24994715.post-114969972629877876</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;In Episode 7, Rick and Rob go over the call monitoring process. Is it good? Is it bad? Is your organization using it to the best of its potential? Tune in and find out!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/download/EmployeeReviewWorksheet/EmployeeReviewWorksheet.pdf"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more info visit our website at www.CallCenterTools.net&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;If you have any comments or questions about the show, send them to &lt;a href="mailto:callcentertools@gmail.com"&gt;CallCenterTools@GMail.com&lt;/a&gt; or leave a comment below. Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy the show!&lt;a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Click on the headset below to download the latest podcast, or click &lt;a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=137284490&amp;s=143441"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to subscribe in iTunes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.archive.org/download/CallCenterToolsEpisode7CallMonitoring/CallCenterToolsEpisode7CallMonitoring.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5034/375/320/TheCallCenterPodcast.1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.archive.org/download/RickandRobCallCenterToolsEpisode2Recuiting/CallCenter_Tools__Episode_2__Recuiting.mp3"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24994715-114969972629877876?l=thecallcenterpodcast.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCallcenterPodcast/~5/aNKqIsWMhis/CallCenterToolsEpisode7CallMonitoring.mp3" fileSize="5638310" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>In Episode 7, Rick and Rob go over the call monitoring process. Is it good? Is it bad? Is your organization using it to the best of its potential? Tune in and find out! For more info visit our website at www.CallCenterTools.net If you have any comments or</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Rick and Rob</itunes:author><itunes:summary>In Episode 7, Rick and Rob go over the call monitoring process. Is it good? Is it bad? Is your organization using it to the best of its potential? Tune in and find out! For more info visit our website at www.CallCenterTools.net If you have any comments or questions about the show, send them to CallCenterTools@GMail.com or leave a comment below. Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy the show! Click on the headset below to download the latest podcast, or click here to subscribe in iTunes. </itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>CallCenter, Helpdesk, Call, Center, Help, Desk, Call Center, Help Desk, training, recruiting, business, improvements, operations, efficiency</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://thecallcenterpodcast.blogspot.com/2006/06/callcenter-tools-episode-7-call.html</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCallcenterPodcast/~5/aNKqIsWMhis/CallCenterToolsEpisode7CallMonitoring.mp3" length="5638310" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.archive.org/download/CallCenterToolsEpisode7CallMonitoring/CallCenterToolsEpisode7CallMonitoring.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>CallCenter Tools - Episode 6 - Reviews</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCallcenterPodcast/~3/OAWAwLKTSUI/callcenter-tools-episode-6-reviews.html</link><author>CallCenterTools@Gmail.com (Rick and Rob)</author><pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2006 15:20:51 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24994715.post-114556982777983657</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;In Episode 6, Rick and Rob go over a standard review process and how it should be administered. 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If you would like an editable version of either of these please send us an email.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.archive.org/download/EmployeePerformanceReview/EmployeePerformanceReview.pdf"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 60px; height: 60px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5034/375/320/PDF_icon.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/download/EmployeePerformanceReview/EmployeePerformanceReview.pdf"&gt;Employee Performance Review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.archive.org/download/EmployeeReviewWorksheet/EmployeeReviewWorksheet.pdf"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 60px; height: 60px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5034/375/320/PDF_icon.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/download/EmployeeReviewWorksheet/EmployeeReviewWorksheet.pdf"&gt;Employee Review Worksheet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have any feedback, send it to CallCenterTools@GMail.com or leave a comment below. Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy the show!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;If you have any comments or questions about the show, send them to &lt;a href="mailto:callcentertools@gmail.com"&gt;CallCenterTools@GMail.com&lt;/a&gt; or leave a comment below. Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy the show!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Click on the headset below to download the latest podcast, or click &lt;a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=137284490&amp;s=143441"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to subscribe in iTunes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.archive.org/download/CallCenterToolsEpisode6Reviews/CallCenterToolsEpisode6Reviews.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5034/375/320/TheCallCenterPodcast.1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.archive.org/download/RickandRobCallCenterToolsEpisode2Recuiting/CallCenter_Tools__Episode_2__Recuiting.mp3"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24994715-114556982777983657?l=thecallcenterpodcast.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCallcenterPodcast/~5/u1IEi4MpxMQ/CallCenterToolsEpisode6Reviews.mp3" fileSize="5829312" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>In Episode 6, Rick and Rob go over a standard review process and how it should be administered. Rob offers his insight as a CallCenter manager and Rick shares some of his observations and frustrations as a supervisor and a technician. There were two docum</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Rick and Rob</itunes:author><itunes:summary>In Episode 6, Rick and Rob go over a standard review process and how it should be administered. Rob offers his insight as a CallCenter manager and Rick shares some of his observations and frustrations as a supervisor and a technician. There were two documents referred to during the show which are both available for download below. If you would like an editable version of either of these please send us an email. Employee Performance Review Employee Review Worksheet If you have any feedback, send it to CallCenterTools@GMail.com or leave a comment below. Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy the show! If you have any comments or questions about the show, send them to CallCenterTools@GMail.com or leave a comment below. Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy the show! Click on the headset below to download the latest podcast, or click here to subscribe in iTunes. </itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>CallCenter, Helpdesk, Call, Center, Help, Desk, Call Center, Help Desk, training, recruiting, business, improvements, operations, efficiency</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://thecallcenterpodcast.blogspot.com/2006/05/callcenter-tools-episode-6-reviews.html</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCallcenterPodcast/~5/u1IEi4MpxMQ/CallCenterToolsEpisode6Reviews.mp3" length="5829312" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.archive.org/download/CallCenterToolsEpisode6Reviews/CallCenterToolsEpisode6Reviews.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>CallCenter Tools - Episode 5 - Listener Questions</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCallcenterPodcast/~3/T2nIFE9OlYk/callcenter-tools-episode-5-listener.html</link><author>CallCenterTools@Gmail.com (Rick and Rob)</author><pubDate>Sat, 29 Apr 2006 17:03:15 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24994715.post-114635504348291901</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;You got questions? We got answers! In this show Rick and Rob answer some listener questions. If yours didnt get answered in this show, dont worry, we will be doing this as every 5th show going forward.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;If you have any comments or questions about the show, send them to &lt;a href="mailto:callcentertools@gmail.com"&gt;CallCenterTools@GMail.com&lt;/a&gt; or leave a comment below. Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy the show!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Click on the headset below to download the latest podcast, or click &lt;a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=137284490&amp;s=143441"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to subscribe in iTunes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.archive.org/download/CallCenter_Tools__Episode_5__Listener_Questions/CallCenterToolsEpisode5ListenerQuestions.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5034/375/320/TheCallCenterPodcast.1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.archive.org/download/RickandRobCallCenterToolsEpisode2Recuiting/CallCenter_Tools__Episode_2__Recuiting.mp3"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24994715-114635504348291901?l=thecallcenterpodcast.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCallcenterPodcast/~5/x_vftCsamTs/CallCenterToolsEpisode5ListenerQuestions.mp3" fileSize="6990182" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>You got questions? We got answers! In this show Rick and Rob answer some listener questions. If yours didnt get answered in this show, dont worry, we will be doing this as every 5th show going forward. If you have any comments or questions about the show,</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Rick and Rob</itunes:author><itunes:summary>You got questions? We got answers! In this show Rick and Rob answer some listener questions. If yours didnt get answered in this show, dont worry, we will be doing this as every 5th show going forward. If you have any comments or questions about the show, send them to CallCenterTools@GMail.com or leave a comment below. Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy the show! Click on the headset below to download the latest podcast, or click here to subscribe in iTunes. </itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>CallCenter, Helpdesk, Call, Center, Help, Desk, Call Center, Help Desk, training, recruiting, business, improvements, operations, efficiency</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://thecallcenterpodcast.blogspot.com/2006/04/callcenter-tools-episode-5-listener.html</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCallcenterPodcast/~5/x_vftCsamTs/CallCenterToolsEpisode5ListenerQuestions.mp3" length="6990182" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.archive.org/download/CallCenter_Tools__Episode_5__Listener_Questions/CallCenterToolsEpisode5ListenerQuestions.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>CallCenter Tools - Episode 4 - Phone Etiquette</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCallcenterPodcast/~3/mgP77iVgYGw/callcenter-tools-episode-4-phone.html</link><author>CallCenterTools@Gmail.com (Rick and Rob)</author><pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:16:34 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24994715.post-114453352632301798</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;A Google search for "&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;callcenter bad experience&lt;/span&gt;" results in about 38 thousand results. Why are so many people having so many bad experiences? What can we do to fix this?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This show deals with etiquette while on the callcenter phone. Everything from how to answer a phone, to how to put a caller on hold, to how to end a call are discussed and debated. Wayne, an award winning CallCenter employee, joins Rick and Rob for this show to share some tips and techniques he has learned over the years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;If you have any comments or questions about the show, send them to &lt;a href="mailto:callcentertools@gmail.com"&gt;CallCenterTools@GMail.com&lt;/a&gt; or leave a comment below. Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy the show!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Click on the headset below to download the latest podcast, or click &lt;a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=137284490&amp;s=143441"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to subscribe in iTunes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.archive.org/download/CallCenterTools-Episode4-CallEtiquette/CallCenterTools-Episode4-CallEtiquette.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5034/375/320/TheCallCenterPodcast.1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.archive.org/download/RickandRobCallCenterToolsEpisode2Recuiting/CallCenter_Tools__Episode_2__Recuiting.mp3"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24994715-114453352632301798?l=thecallcenterpodcast.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCallcenterPodcast/~5/R_C8Q4i1Vms/CallCenterTools-Episode4-CallEtiquette.mp3" fileSize="13424513" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>A Google search for "callcenter bad experience" results in about 38 thousand results. Why are so many people having so many bad experiences? What can we do to fix this? This show deals with etiquette while on the callcenter phone. Everything from how to a</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Rick and Rob</itunes:author><itunes:summary>A Google search for "callcenter bad experience" results in about 38 thousand results. Why are so many people having so many bad experiences? What can we do to fix this? This show deals with etiquette while on the callcenter phone. Everything from how to answer a phone, to how to put a caller on hold, to how to end a call are discussed and debated. Wayne, an award winning CallCenter employee, joins Rick and Rob for this show to share some tips and techniques he has learned over the years. If you have any comments or questions about the show, send them to CallCenterTools@GMail.com or leave a comment below. Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy the show! Click on the headset below to download the latest podcast, or click here to subscribe in iTunes. </itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>CallCenter, Helpdesk, Call, Center, Help, Desk, Call Center, Help Desk, training, recruiting, business, improvements, operations, efficiency</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://thecallcenterpodcast.blogspot.com/2006/04/callcenter-tools-episode-4-phone.html</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCallcenterPodcast/~5/R_C8Q4i1Vms/CallCenterTools-Episode4-CallEtiquette.mp3" length="13424513" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.archive.org/download/CallCenterTools-Episode4-CallEtiquette/CallCenterTools-Episode4-CallEtiquette.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>CallCenter Tools - Episode 3 - New Employee Orientation and Training</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCallcenterPodcast/~3/N1hDRtWZpUk/callcenter-tools-episode-3-new.html</link><author>CallCenterTools@Gmail.com (Rick and Rob)</author><pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2006 07:25:30 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24994715.post-114453346294958283</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Training. We all have been through it. Some of it is good, some bad. In this episode Rick and Rob go over different different orientation and training scenarios and share their ideas on how an effective training program should be developed and administered.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During the show, two documents were referred to. These documents are both available as a PDF download below. If you would like an editable version of these documents in Microsoft Word format, email us at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;CallCenterTools@GMail.com.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/download/RickandRobCallCenterToolsEpisode3NewEmployeeOrientationandTrainingExampleDocuments/Example__New_Hire_Checklist.pdf"&gt;New Hire Checklist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/download/RobandRickCallCenterToolsEpisode3NewEmployeeOrientationandTraining/Sample_Document__JQR.pdf"&gt;JQR Training Document&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;If you have any questions or feedback, send it to CallCenterTools@GMail.com or leave a comment below. Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy the show!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Click on the headset below to download the latest podcast, or click &lt;a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=137284490&amp;s=143441"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to subscribe in iTunes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.archive.org/download/RickandRobCallCenterToolsEpisode3NewEmployeeOrientationandTraining/CallCenter_Tools__Episode3__New_Employee_Orientation_and_Training.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5034/375/320/TheCallCenterPodcast.1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.archive.org/download/RickandRobCallCenterToolsEpisode2Recuiting/CallCenter_Tools__Episode_2__Recuiting.mp3"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24994715-114453346294958283?l=thecallcenterpodcast.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCallcenterPodcast/~5/FWltLChlGhA/CallCenter_Tools__Episode3__New_Employee_Orientation_and_Training.mp3" fileSize="12051935" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Training. We all have been through it. Some of it is good, some bad. In this episode Rick and Rob go over different different orientation and training scenarios and share their ideas on how an effective training program should be developed and administere</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Rick and Rob</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Training. We all have been through it. Some of it is good, some bad. In this episode Rick and Rob go over different different orientation and training scenarios and share their ideas on how an effective training program should be developed and administered. During the show, two documents were referred to. These documents are both available as a PDF download below. If you would like an editable version of these documents in Microsoft Word format, email us at CallCenterTools@GMail.com. New Hire Checklist JQR Training Document If you have any questions or feedback, send it to CallCenterTools@GMail.com or leave a comment below. Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy the show! Click on the headset below to download the latest podcast, or click here to subscribe in iTunes. </itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>CallCenter, Helpdesk, Call, Center, Help, Desk, Call Center, Help Desk, training, recruiting, business, improvements, operations, efficiency</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://thecallcenterpodcast.blogspot.com/2006/04/callcenter-tools-episode-3-new.html</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCallcenterPodcast/~5/FWltLChlGhA/CallCenter_Tools__Episode3__New_Employee_Orientation_and_Training.mp3" length="12051935" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.archive.org/download/RickandRobCallCenterToolsEpisode3NewEmployeeOrientationandTraining/CallCenter_Tools__Episode3__New_Employee_Orientation_and_Training.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>CallCenter Tools - Episode 2 - Recruiting</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCallcenterPodcast/~3/1SCC85bu4Ik/callcenter-tools-episode-2-recruiting.html</link><author>CallCenterTools@Gmail.com (Rick and Rob)</author><pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2006 07:37:26 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24994715.post-114445450766449652</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;In this episode, Rick and Rob explore the topics of recruiting and interviewing.  Each offers their insight on interview questions, processes, and techniques. Rick shares some of his favorite interview questions for CallCenter and HelpDesk technicians, while Rob walks us through a typical interview from the phone screening to the face to face interview.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;If you have any feedback, send it to CallCenterTools@GMail.com or leave a comment below. Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy the show!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Click on the headset below to download the latest podcast, or click &lt;a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=137284490&amp;s=143441"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to subscribe in iTunes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.archive.org/download/RickandRobCallCenterToolsEpisode2Recuiting/CallCenter_Tools__Episode_2__Recuiting.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5034/375/320/TheCallCenterPodcast.1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.archive.org/download/RickandRobCallCenterToolsEpisode2Recuiting/CallCenter_Tools__Episode_2__Recuiting.mp3"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24994715-114445450766449652?l=thecallcenterpodcast.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCallcenterPodcast/~5/MAV-QfmM3rY/CallCenter_Tools__Episode_2__Recuiting.mp3" fileSize="8253350" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>In this episode, Rick and Rob explore the topics of recruiting and interviewing. Each offers their insight on interview questions, processes, and techniques. Rick shares some of his favorite interview questions for CallCenter and HelpDesk technicians, whi</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Rick and Rob</itunes:author><itunes:summary>In this episode, Rick and Rob explore the topics of recruiting and interviewing. Each offers their insight on interview questions, processes, and techniques. Rick shares some of his favorite interview questions for CallCenter and HelpDesk technicians, while Rob walks us through a typical interview from the phone screening to the face to face interview. If you have any feedback, send it to CallCenterTools@GMail.com or leave a comment below. Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy the show! Click on the headset below to download the latest podcast, or click here to subscribe in iTunes. </itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>CallCenter, Helpdesk, Call, Center, Help, Desk, Call Center, Help Desk, training, recruiting, business, improvements, operations, efficiency</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://thecallcenterpodcast.blogspot.com/2006/04/callcenter-tools-episode-2-recruiting.html</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCallcenterPodcast/~5/MAV-QfmM3rY/CallCenter_Tools__Episode_2__Recuiting.mp3" length="8253350" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.archive.org/download/RickandRobCallCenterToolsEpisode2Recuiting/CallCenter_Tools__Episode_2__Recuiting.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>CallCenter Tools - Episode 1 - Introduction</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCallcenterPodcast/~3/HEMYutLpSVA/callcenter-tools-episode-1.html</link><author>CallCenterTools@Gmail.com (Rick and Rob)</author><pubDate>Sat, 08 Apr 2006 14:51:28 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24994715.post-114386087627849226</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Welcome to the introductory episode of CallCenter Tools. In this introductory episode Rick and Rob introduce themselves and go over their thoughts and ideas for the upcoming season. All aspects of HelpDesk and CallCenter operations will be covered, from hiring, to training, to reviewing and mentoring, to SLA and ACD management.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; If you have any feedback, send it to CallCenterTools@GMail.com or leave a comment below. Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy the show!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Click on the headset below to download the latest show, or click &lt;a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=137284490&amp;s=143441"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to subscribe in iTunes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.archive.org/download/CallCenter_Tools__Episode_1_2/CallCenterToolsEpisode1.mp3"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5034/375/320/TheCallCenterPodcast.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.archive.org/download/CallCenter_Tools__Episode_1_2/CallCenterToolsEpisode1.mp3"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24994715-114386087627849226?l=thecallcenterpodcast.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCallcenterPodcast/~5/i-6tFQZWW6o/CallCenterToolsEpisode1.mp3" fileSize="2952855" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Welcome to the introductory episode of CallCenter Tools. In this introductory episode Rick and Rob introduce themselves and go over their thoughts and ideas for the upcoming season. All aspects of HelpDesk and CallCenter operations will be covered, from h</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Rick and Rob</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Welcome to the introductory episode of CallCenter Tools. In this introductory episode Rick and Rob introduce themselves and go over their thoughts and ideas for the upcoming season. All aspects of HelpDesk and CallCenter operations will be covered, from hiring, to training, to reviewing and mentoring, to SLA and ACD management. If you have any feedback, send it to CallCenterTools@GMail.com or leave a comment below. Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy the show! Click on the headset below to download the latest show, or click here to subscribe in iTunes. </itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>CallCenter, Helpdesk, Call, Center, Help, Desk, Call Center, Help Desk, training, recruiting, business, improvements, operations, efficiency</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://thecallcenterpodcast.blogspot.com/2006/03/callcenter-tools-episode-1.html</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCallcenterPodcast/~5/i-6tFQZWW6o/CallCenterToolsEpisode1.mp3" length="2952855" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.archive.org/download/CallCenter_Tools__Episode_1_2/CallCenterToolsEpisode1.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><media:credit role="author">Rick and Rob</media:credit><media:rating>nonadult</media:rating></channel></rss>

