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LateRooms invests in its contact centre staff

As the UK's leading online accommodation site offering late availability deals, LateRooms knows how hard its staff work and how important it is to reward them with opportunities for development. With this in mind, LateRooms has put in place an NVQ programme to allow contact centre staff to develop their skills, increase their knowledge and increase morale.

LateRooms chose Intec Business Colleges to deliver the qualifications and staff working at LateRooms' contact centre are now taking various levels of NVQs in Customer Service, Team Leading, Management and Learning and Development.

"The NVQ programme is going extremely well, with some staff members completing the work far earlier than expected," said Craig Mckinnon, Resource Analyst and NVQ Co-ordinator at LateRooms. "Learner feedback has been very positive and a recent staff survey showed an increase in motivation levels. The partnership between LateRooms and Intec is going well, with staff having built close working relationships with the assessors who always co-ordinate their visits so there is no disruption to service levels.

"What is also great is that staff are seeming so much more confident in their own skills and abilities and since the programme began around six months ago, many staff have applied and been successful in gaining more senior roles in the call centre or roles within other departments."

LateRooms plans to continue with staff training and is committed to developing its team and offering as many opportunities to learn and progress as possible. Craig himself is an example of LateRooms' policy of staff development - within two years he has progressed from reservation agent through to Resource Analyst via roles which include Team Co-ordinator, Team Manager, Duty Manager.

3rd March 2009

March 2009 - LateRooms - Invests in its contact centre staff