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Transcript of 1-800-4-FED-AID Top 10 Reasons Students Call Michele Brown Rebecca Alcorn Victor Janey Session 7.
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1-800-4-FED-AIDTop 10 Reasons
Students Call
Michele Brown
Rebecca Alcorn
Victor Janey
Session 7
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What We Will Be Covering• About the Federal Student Aid
Information Center • Communication Channels• Top 10 Reasons for Calling• Customer Interaction Options• Performance Measures and
Goals• Commitment to Quality• Experience Our World
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Established through the HEA, the Federal Student Aid Information
Center (FSAIC) has primary responsibility for providing best
in business service for the Federal Student Aid programs to
ensure equal access to post-secondary educational
opportunity for every individual.
Federal Student Aid Information Center1-800-4-FED-AID
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– Information about FSA programs
– FAFSA, PIN and SAR assistance
– Information on student loan history
– Publication requests
– Contact information for related entities (CSB, NSLDS, etc.)
Tasked to provide timely and accurate information and services for inquiries such as:
Federal Student Aid Information Center1-800-4-FED-AID
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FSAIC Locations
Coralville, IA
Phoenix, AZ
Lawrence, KS
Load balancing between three contact centers creates a single virtual service center
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Customer Service Hours of Operation• Monday-Friday
8 AM – 12 Midnight Eastern Standard Time
• Saturday9 AM – 6 PM Eastern Standard Time
• Extended Weekend HoursBased on time of year and need
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How We Serve Students’ Needs• Contact Center
– 450 Customer Service Representatives – 8 MILLION inquiries yearly– English and Spanish service
• Live help for FAFSA on the Web– Increased 32.5% in the last year – Over 160,000 contacts in 2004
• E-mail– Responded to over 470,000 e-mails in 2004
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Can you help me with …# Calls in
2004Percentage of
Total Calls
1. FAFSA application 1,213,000 20%2. Personal Identification
Number (PIN) 773,000 13%
3. Application status check 702,000 12%
4. Student Aid Report (SAR) 529,000 9%5. FAFSA on the
Web/Renewal on the Web 488,000 8%
The Countdown: Top 10 Reasons for Calling 1-800-4-FED-AID
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Can you help me with …# Calls in
2004Percentage of
Total Calls6. National Student Loan Data
System (NSLDS) inquiry 440,000 7%
7. Change of institution 387, 000 7%8. Question referred to
Financial Aid Advisor 262, 000 4%
9. PIN knowledge (non-technical) 125, 000 2%
10. Corrections on the Web (COTW) site 96, 000 2%
The Countdown: Top 10 Reasons for Calling 1-800-4-FED-AID
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Call Flow and Service OptionsInbound call received
by telecom system
Caller hears greetings and selects service type preference
Self-service
Interactive Voice Response
Unit (IVRU)
CSR-assisted
Call 1-800-4-FED-AID
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Customer Interaction OptionsSelf-service
Interactive Voice Response Unit
(IVRU)
CSR-assisted
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When Calls Come into the IVRU• Callers have several options for
self-service– Frequently asked questions– Application status inquiry– Request duplicate SAR
• Callers may transfer to a CSR for assistance at any time
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Interactive Voice Response Unit (IVRU)
• Self-service is increasingly the preferred option for many of today’s generation of callers
• IVRU enhancements coming soon– speech recognition– access to loan history
• Last year 1.3 M callers selected self-service through the IVRU
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Self-service
Interactive Voice Response
Unit (IVRU)
CSR-assisted
Customer Interaction Options
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When Calls Come in for Assisted Service
Our Customer Service Representatives:– Greet callers and assess their needs– Request identifiers to comply with the
Privacy Act– Use resources to answer callers’ questions
or refer them to the correct entity– Code the call and leave historical logs– End the calls with the appropriate closing
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Customer Service Representative (CSR) Assisted Call Volumes
CSR-assisted service in 2004 decreased by 8.7% from the previous year
Year
CSR-assistedTotal Calls
2003 6,510,000
2004 5,940,000
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CSR-Assisted Call Volumes#
Calls
Receiv
ed
/Mon
th
Trend analysis used to predict staffing and other support services (telecom, servers, staff needs)
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Performance Measures and Goals
Speed of AnswerMeasure: Percentage of calls answered within 20 secondsGoal: 80%
Customer SatisfactionMeasure: Percentage of calls ranked four or higher on
a five-point scale in customer satisfaction surveysGoal: 85%
Call Completion RateMeasure: Percentage of calls answered after callers
select CSR service optionGoal: 98%
Quality of ResponseMeasure: Percentage of accurate and consistent responses Goal: 95%
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Our Call Completion RatesOur goal is to complete at least 98% of all calls
YearAverage Call
Completion Rate
2004 99%
2003 99%
2002 96%We met or exceeded our goals for successful
call completion in every month of 2004
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Our Speed of Answer
Year% Calls Answered
within 20 Sec
2004 93%
2003 89%
2002 81%
We exceeded our goals for answering calls in a timely manner for every month in 2004
Our goal is to answer at least 80% of all calls within 20 seconds
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Calls Answered Within 20 SecondsService
exceeding 80% goal
%
Calls
An
sw
ere
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Customer Satisfaction Survey
Year% Satisfaction Surveys Rated Four or Higher
2004 90%
2003 90%
2002 89%
Our goal is to receive four or higher on a five-point scale in 85% of customer satisfaction surveys
• We exceeded our goals for customer satisfaction for every month in 2004
• Implementing more robust survey tools
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• FSAIC survey• American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI)• Customer comments• Conferences• Focus groups• Employees
– CSR focus groups– Input to managers
• Other federal agencies
Ongoing Feedback & Continuous Improvement
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Quality of Call Response
Year% Correct Responses
during Monitoring
2004 99.7%
2003 99.6%
2002 99.5%
Our quality goal is to provide complete and correct responses in at least 95% of monitored calls
We exceeded our goals for quality of response every month in 2004 as measured by call monitoring
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Quality of Call Response
Service exceeding 95% goal
% C
orr
ect
Resp
on
ses
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Customer Service ExpectationsCustomer Service Attribute Examples
Phone and people skills•Tone•Grammar •Attitude
Adherence to required procedures
•Standard greeting•Privacy Act•Standard responses
Problem solving skills and knowledge
•Probing questions•Clear resolutions•Appropriate options
General call expectations
•Verify school year•Verify address •Create phone log
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Our Commitment to QualityCall Monitoring
• Peer monitoring
• Joint monitoring sessions with staff and management
• Calibration between contact centers ensures consistency
• 1% of FSAIC calls
• Scorecard
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• Results– quality control– feedback, coaching and counseling– evaluation of CSR support mechanisms
Our Commitment to QualityCall Monitoring
• Methods– in-person– remote – recorded calls
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• Train-the-trainer• Initial employee training• Refresher training• Annual update training• Annual in-service• Supervisor training
Emphasis on TrainingOur Commitment to Quality
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We appreciate your feedback and comments.
Contact Us
• Michele Brown– Phone: 202-377-3203– Email: [email protected]
• Rebecca Alcorn– Phone: 202-377-3275– Email: [email protected]
• Victor Janey– Phone: 319-665-7633– Email: [email protected]
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Experience Our WorldRecorded Calls and Discussion
• Phoenix Contact Center– Michele Barreras
• Coralville Contact Center– Kenton Stolley
• Lawrence Contact Center– Mark Lohrenz
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Experience Our WorldRecorded Calls and Discussion
• Phoenix Contact Center LaToya Walker
• Coralville Contact CenterVictoria Solomon
• Lawrence Contact CenterLynda Riley
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Experience Our WorldRecorded Calls and Discussion
You sent back a green copy of my SAR …it says - you must give us more information to calculate my EFC…
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Experience Our WorldRecorded Calls and Discussion
I am confused. When I got married in 2000, I never switched my Social Security card over…
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Experience Our WorldRecorded Calls and Discussion
I am an enrollment counselor…we ran into a challenge on her FAFSA application … the AGI…