Archive for March 2016
Questions To Answer Before Accepting a Job Offer
The New Year is an excellent time to start looking for positions whether you are finishing dental school, a residency or after ending your commission as a military dentist. After you write an impressive CV, line up interviews and begin to field offers, it is important to know what questions you need to be asking.…
Read MoreGuide To Interviewing an Associate Dentist Candidate
Here are a few helpful resources for a practice owner or practice administrator preparing to interview associate dentist candidates. For more up to date tips and helpful information, follow up on our Facebook fan page, Twitter, or on our blog. A candidate version is available here. Before the interview: Be sure to check all licenses…
Read MoreDon’t Do This on Your Next Interview
Interviewing for any job requires a few steps, and most of the time the early steps in the interview process determine if you continue to move forward. While many of the dentists I speak with understand that they need to “sell” themselves, others jump right to questions or make statements that will leave me or…
Read MoreDentist Contract Negotiations – Compensation Considerations
When preparing to negotiate compensation with a practice, it is important to understand the various options. W-2 or 1099? Be sure you know the difference. Practices like to pay their associates as independent contractors in order to avoid paying employment taxes. But, in order to actually qualify as an independent contractor, you must meet several…
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 hundred million people in the U.S. at this time (a number that is growing every second), that statistic is quite an eye…
Read MoreExpectations of Dental Associateships
Associateships begin and fail everyday. Why do they fail so often? A simple way to answer this is that either or both sides failed to meet expectations. More specifically, the expectations were never even laid out at the beginning, so one side was letting down the other and never knew why or that he/she was…
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