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Take the call

Sir,

This is with reference to the article Pouch play or plain poaching by Bharat Kumar which appeared in eWorld dated August 9, 2004. I work as Assistant Manager, HR-Recruiting, in a call centre. A key problem my company faces is that of retaining people. Considering that about 40 per cent of a company's operational costs are people-related, attrition rates of around 25 per cent or so spell more harm than good.

The problems are compounded by the fact that many call centres are not self-sustaining, and have no system in place to counter bigger rivals. Isn't it time call centres in a particular geographical location got together under one umbrella to fight attrition?

Jai

Dear Reader,

Attritions are a trend that we at e-World have observed and reported consistently over the past four years. We would like to draw your attention to a recent informal meeting between the HR heads of top IT companies to share best practices in the industry. Perhaps the answer lies in such "best practices".

eWorld team

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