This presentation has been done in person at numerous colleges, universities and corporations. It's a simple and easy training document for internal debt collectors.
1. So…You want to be a
Bill Collector?
Collection Training
Seminar
Presented for:
ACCESS Clients
Presented By: Tom Gillespie & Pam Long
ACCESS Receivables Management
3. What does it take?
• Ability to Learn and
Apply Procedures
• Communication Skills
• Professionalism
• Work Ethic
• Persuasion
• Active Listening
• Problem Solving
• Developing Rapport
• Multitasking
19. Verify The information
•Identify the responsible party
•Student
•Parent
•Company
•Verify the address
•Living at home?
•Apartment
•Owning or Renting
•No PO Box – Street Address
•Verify Employment
•Are you currently employed
•Full Time / Part Time
•Position / How Long
•If None, Source of Funds
•Verify contact information
•Is your cell phone the best number
to call? (GET CELL and permission)
•Other contact numbers
•Home
•Business
•EMAIL ADDRESS !!!
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Your customer then goes through a series of “drops” based on their
answers and are presented with numerous options to pay, buy or solve
an issue.
21. The Talk Off
1. Verify the debtor
2. State your name and
company name
3. Before I continue I need to
verify some information for
our records (update
information)
4. The Talk Off
• State the purpose of
your call
5. Handle objections
6. Pitch payment options
7. Close for the payment
8. Thank the customer
23. Handle Objections
Types of Objections
•Circumstantial
•Emotional
•Intellectual
•Fraudulent
•Circumstantial
•Medical Issues
•Loss of Job
•Divorce
•Natural Disaster
•Emotional
•These consumers believe that they
deserve the service even though they
are not able to afford it.
•It’s not my fault
•Intellectual
•These consumers usually have the
ability to pay but have poor records or
do not budget their money
accordingly
•Fraudulent
•These individuals never intended to
pay.
24. Money Drops • Balance by Credit
•Secure a down payment Card
•Can you pay at least 50% down today
and the balance by the end of the BIF • Balance by ACH
month?
•Liquidate the debt in the shortest
possible time
•Be realistic
•Identify Money Sources • Post Dated Check
•Employment
•Savings PDC
•Parents
•Relative
•Loan
•Life Insurance
•401K
• Down Payment
•Other • Realistic Terms
PPA
•Once the payment plan is set, make
sure that the debtor understands that
it is a one time accommodation, not
the rule.
25. Subsequent Contact
•If at first you don’t succeed…
•Was a promise broken?
•Has there been a
change since the first
contact?
•Does the debtor have a
proposed solution to the
problem?
•Can the debtor get on a
temporary payment
plan?