Good collectors understand that winning a call is about getting a payment from a consumer, not winning a debate or conversation about who is right and who is wrong. It can be just as important not to address certain comments that a consumer might make during a conversation just to …
Read More »How Technology is Helping Agencies Maximize Collections in Spite of Labor Shortages
Companies in the accounts receivable management industry have had to get creative during the past couple of years, starting with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and now dealing with the impact of The Great Resignation, and while technology has helped offset shortages in labor or changes to workflows, thinking …
Read More »How Companies Have Adapted Their Training Under Regulation F
There is a lot of muscle memory in being a debt collector. From the time you begin training to the many similar phone conversations that are had day in and day out, there is a lot of repetition. It can be tough to unlearn certain behaviors and it can be …
Read More »Collectors Share Tips to Help Establish Connections with Consumers
Conversations between collectors and consumers are like snowflakes, in that each of them are unique and one-of-a-kind in their own way. Consumers can be hostile, skittish, uncertain, embarrassed, aggressive, confused, or some combination of any or all of those emotions. Making any of those types of consumers feel comfortable is …
Read More »Tips to Hire The Best Candidates, Even in a Tough Job Market
It might not seem like much until you sit down and actually quantify it, but hiring a job applicant who is not a good fit for your company can be a very costly mistake. Not just in the money that you spend on screening, training, and compensating the employee, but …
Read More »How to Make New Hire Training Effective in a Remote Work Environment
Training new collectors is relatively the same whether it is being done in person or remotely, but the other aspects of bringing in new employees are not so easily replicated when those individuals are not in the office together, and collection agencies need to make sure to focus time and …
Read More »A Thank You To the Sponsors of AccountsRecovery.net
I would not be able to do the things that I do on a daily basis to bring news and information to the accounts receivable management industry without the generous and bountiful support of the companies who participate as sponsors and advertisers. For allowing me to grow my platform and …
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