SQM Call Center Awards Overview
SQM Awards Program Overview
SQM’s service excellence awards program is the most prestigious and sought after call center industry award program in North America. What makes SQM’s awards unique is that they are based on customers who have called a call center and/or employees who work in a call center.
SQM Award Categories Include:
SQM benchmarks over 450 leading North American call centers on an annual basis and has been conducting first call resolution (FCR), customer satisfaction (Csat) and employee satisfaction (Esat) call center benchmarking studies since 1996. On an annual basis, SQM conducts over 1 million surveys with customers who have called a call center and over 25,000 surveys with employees who work in call centers.
Some of North America’s most successful organizations have participated in SQM’s Benchmarking Study to qualify for SQM’s service excellence awards program. For the 2012 award year, SQM conducts call center benchmarking studies between October 1, 2011 and September 30, 2012. SQM will present and recognize call center service excellence award winners at our 14th annual conference, being held in Las Vegas, November 15th and 16th, 2012. We have 40 different awards and recognize the top performing call centers for achieving world class FCR, Csat and Esat performance.
- Awards Program…
SQM awards are the most sought after awards as they are based on the customers who have called a call center and/or employees who work at a call center.
- Nominations…
The nomination process includes CSR of the Year Award, CSR Improvement Awards, Supervisor of the Year Award and Supervisor Improvement Awards.
- Past Winners…
See previous winners who have achieved world class FCR, Csat and Esat performance or have significantly improved their FCR performance.
- Certification…
SQM’s World Class Certification Program recognizes call centers, supervisors and CSRs performing at the world class customer service performance level.
- Conference…
SQM’s 14th Annual Call Center Industry Conference will be held in Las Vegas November 15th and 16th, 2012, recognize award winning call center performance and to learn from the best in the industry.
Benefits of SQM Awards

SQM’s Certification program is the most credible and rewarding certification program for CSRs, Supervisors and Call Centers because it is based on the customer’s experience calling a call center.

Marketing…
SQM awards are a great marketing tool to inform both employees and customers of the excellent customer service and/or excellent working environment provided by the call center.

Career Opportunities…
Award winning call center leaders and employees receive more career opportunities within their own organization, as well as outside their organizations.


Call Center of the Year