One of the most important contact centre initiatives in Australia over the past 2 years has been the establishment of the National Coronavirus Helpline. Managing the Helpline is Denise Tan, Service Director at Healthdirect Australia, who gave Matchboard this exclusive interview. Tell us about the National Coronavirus Helpline – when did it launch? How many….
If you’re one of the 69% of Australian households that own a pet, you probably know PetSure. Pete Iannetta is Head of Customer Service and he explains how PetSure is helping its pet parent customers at a time of immense upheaval. How have the recent floods in NSW & QLD affected your customers and the….
Note: the below interview was conducted in 2023 and Beth Parkin has since moved to a new role at Air Services Australia. Please visit LinkedIn for up-to-date information. Beth Parkin is Executive Director, Service Design and Delivery at Lifeline Australia, a national charity helping thousands of Australians every day experiencing a personal crisis. In this….
Note: the below interview was conducted in 2023 and Sarah Thomas has since moved to a new role. Please visit LinkedIn for up-to-date information. Sarah Thomas ran customer experience at MILKRUN, prior to its acquisition by Woolworths in 2023. Milkrun was a startup promising delivery of groceries in 10 minutes which took the Australian market….
If there’s something all businesses have in common, it’s a desire to have happy customers. After all, happy customers translate to a healthy business and bottom line. So it’s no wonder that customer experience (CX) consultants are in high demand, working with executives and business owners to understand customer wants and needs and translate them….
Note: the below interview was conducted in 2023 and Steve Culpeper has since moved to a new role. Please visit LinkedIn for up-to-date information. Education was one of the hardest hit sectors in Australia during Covid. Through an innovative approach to cost reduction and course delivery, Gradability – Australia’s largest dedicated graduate employability specialist –….
Back in the good ol’ days, when life was oh so simple, most call centres were either inbound or outbound. Inbound teams dealt with customer service, and outbound teams focused on sales. In the last 20 years, the rise of omnichannel and the demands of customers have blurred the lines, and changed both functions completely…..
Note: the below interview was conducted in 2023 and Ayelet Mendel-Girin has since moved to a new role as Head of Digital and Customer Experiene at Angle Auto Finance. Please visit LinkedIn for up-to-date information. Ayelet Mendel-Girin is Head of Customer Experience at humm group, which received Canstar’s Outstanding Value Buy Now Pay Later Award….
BizCover is a market-leading online insurance service, with 170,000 SME customers across Australia and New Zealand. In this exclusive interview, CEO Michael Gottlieb talks about Bizcover’s winning approach to customer experience, and where the future opportunity lies. How does the customer experience at BizCover, differ from traditional insurance brokers? Most SMEs are time poor and….
With face-to-face meetings declining since Covid, producing a stand-out tender submission has never been more crucial for winning new business. A proposal that effectively demonstrates your understanding of what’s required, how you’ll provide a successful solution, and a clear picture of what your solution will deliver for the client, are all compelling reasons to choose….
Celeste Carnovale is Customer Care Centre Lead, Asia Pacific at Hertz. In this exclusive interview, she shares Covid learnings, cultural differences in customer service, and the big trend in contact centres. In what ways did customer service at Hertz change during Covid? As you can imagine, when the breakout initially happened, many customers had….
In this article, we describe everything you need to know about RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing), from models and services to cost and operational benefits! What is Recruitment Process Outsourcing? RPO is a form of outsourcing whereby one organisation contracts with a specialist company to handle all or parts of its talent acquisition and hiring process…..
In this exclusive interview with Matchboard, Glen Robinson takes us behind the wheel of Member Experience at Car Next Door (since rebranded to Uber Carshare) – Australia’s largest peer-to-peer car sharing platform and recognised as one of Westpac’s top 20 businesses of tomorrow. What are the key metrics you use to measure customer success and….
Outsourcing is the contracting of a service to a third party. The outsourcing industry is broken down into segments, the largest of which are BPO and ITO (collectively referred to by some as IT-BPO). These two segments are estimated to represent a global market value of US$700 billion. ITO is the larger of the two…..
Sri Lanka is steadily making its mark as a global hub for business process outsourcing (BPO), IT, and knowledge services. While many industries have faced volatility in recent years, Sri Lanka’s IT-BPM and BPO sector has demonstrated remarkable resilience and growth. Supported by a highly skilled workforce, reliable infrastructure, and government-backed initiatives, the country is….
