Archive for October 2011
Be Prepared!
“Be Prepared” is probably the single best piece of advice I could give to practice owners seeking associates or potential buyers for their practices. I took an informal survey of our recruiting team and compiled a list of eleven real-life situations where practice owners missed out on hiring their top candidates because they were unprepared.…
Read MoreJob Searching in a Saturated or Difficult Job Market
This summer, the Bureau of Labor monthly jobs report stated that the U.S. added only 18,000 jobs in the month of June 2011 and ZERO in the month of August! With over three million people in the U.S. at this time (a number that is growing every second), that statistic is quite an eye opener!…
Read MoreNot Seeing Many Good Dental Jobs? A Calendar for Opportunity
Autumn is my favorite time of year. Leaves change, college football starts and you can open the windows again. I love raking leaves, picking apples and carving pumpkins. Of course, it is a different story once I head to the office. I am a headhunter (technically a dental recruiting consultant, but that’s a bit stuffy…
Read MoreTime Kills All Deals!
In the dental recruitment industry, we see this happen more often than it should. What does “time kills all deals” mean. Well, it often means that instead of on-boarding that new dental associate and finally being able to get a little sanity in the practice’s patient scheduling, the practice is back to square one and…
Read MoreProper Interview Attire
You may not get the chance to make a second impression if you don’t take the time to make a great first impression. “His shirt was so wrinkled that it looked like he’d worn it the day before. He didn’t even bother to try and cover it up by putting a jacket over it. My…
Read MoreHow to Get Noticed On Job Boards
Once upon a time, you could hand deliver a resume and even get interviewed on the spot. Those days are long gone. Personal interactions with hiring managers have been replaced with emailing your resume and applying through online job boards. So, what can you do to stand out when you are applying online? Here are…
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