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5 Steps to Create a Positive Work Environment For Your Dental Front Office Team
Our 2023 DentalPost Salary Survey highlighted that, despite pay increases and improvement in overall job satisfaction, 39% of dental office receptionists and associates will be looking for a new job […]
Posted March 06, 2023
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5 Secret Powers of Superhero Dental Assistants
Celebrating Dental Assistants This Week and Every Week Often overlooked and misunderstood, dental assistants (DAs) are the lifeblood of smooth-running dental offices. And it isn’t until they take a day […]
Posted March 06, 2023
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4 Steps to Boost Job Satisfaction & Reduce Turnover
As the calendar page turned over to a new year, many of us turned introspective and thought about the year past and what we want this new year to hold. Many […]
Posted January 26, 2023
Recruiting & Hiring
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Looking for Your Professional “Match”? 3 Tips for Dental Pros.
Are you looking for that special someone? The one that gets your jokes, understands to give you space when you’re crabby, and brightens your Monday through Friday with a cheery hello? […]
Posted February 13, 2023
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The Top 4 Benefits For Dental Employees
“Company-sponsored,” “employer-sponsored,” or “employer-provided” – whatever you wish to call them, staff benefits are proving to be more than essential for dental employers looking to attract new hires and retain […]
Posted September 09, 2022
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Here’s How to Attract Gen Z Candidates to Your Dental Practice
Candidates between the ages of 18 and 25 – known as Generation Z or ‘Gen Z,’ for short – are coming of age and joining the world of work for […]
Posted September 08, 2022
Workplace Improvement
5 Steps to Create a Positive Work Environment For Your Dental Front Office Team
Our 2023 DentalPost Salary Survey highlighted that, despite pay increases and improvement in overall job satisfaction, 39% of dental office receptionists and associates will be looking for a new job […]
Posted March 06, 2023
4 Steps to Boost Job Satisfaction & Reduce Turnover
As the calendar page turned over to a new year, many of us turned introspective and thought about the year past and what we want this new year to hold. Many […]
Posted January 26, 2023
The Top 4 Benefits For Dental Employees
“Company-sponsored,” “employer-sponsored,” or “employer-provided” – whatever you wish to call them, staff benefits are proving to be more than essential for dental employers looking to attract new hires and retain […]
Posted September 09, 2022
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Dental Hygiene Rated Among Top Jobs for Work-Life Balance
Flexibility, including work-life balance, was one of the main things that drew me into dental hygiene. As a dental assistant in high school, I watched the hygienists balance their family […]
Posted April 12, 2023
5 Steps to Create a Positive Work Environment For Your Dental Front Office Team
Our 2023 DentalPost Salary Survey highlighted that, despite pay increases and improvement in overall job satisfaction, 39% of dental office receptionists and associates will be looking for a new job […]
Posted March 06, 2023
5 Secret Powers of Superhero Dental Assistants
Celebrating Dental Assistants This Week and Every Week Often overlooked and misunderstood, dental assistants (DAs) are the lifeblood of smooth-running dental offices. And it isn’t until they take a day […]
Posted March 06, 2023
Looking for Your Professional “Match”? 3 Tips for Dental Pros.
Are you looking for that special someone? The one that gets your jokes, understands to give you space when you’re crabby, and brightens your Monday through Friday with a cheery hello? […]
Posted February 13, 2023
4 Steps to Boost Job Satisfaction & Reduce Turnover
As the calendar page turned over to a new year, many of us turned introspective and thought about the year past and what we want this new year to hold. Many […]
Posted January 26, 2023
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Is Dental Job Temping the New Normal?
Where have all the active dental job seekers gone? From dentists to dental hygienists and assistants, job vacancies for permanent dental positions abound in 2022. At the same time, dental […]
Posted September 29, 2022
The Top 4 Benefits For Dental Employees
“Company-sponsored,” “employer-sponsored,” or “employer-provided” – whatever you wish to call them, staff benefits are proving to be more than essential for dental employers looking to attract new hires and retain […]
Posted September 09, 2022
Here’s How to Attract Gen Z Candidates to Your Dental Practice
Candidates between the ages of 18 and 25 – known as Generation Z or ‘Gen Z,’ for short – are coming of age and joining the world of work for […]
Posted September 08, 2022
Why Dental Hygienists Are In Short Supply (And What To Do About It)
Our Dental Hiring and Recruiting in a Tight Labor Market blog highlighted the lingering impact COVID-19 has had on the dental industry. Dental practices’ ability to take on more patients […]
Posted August 22, 2022
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4 Tips to Reengage and Retain Your Dental Team
Disconnects can occur even in great cultures. Dental employees who were once highly engaged can lose their interest and enthusiasm. For example, a disconnect (gap) between an employee’s new sense […]
Posted August 15, 2022
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6 Reasons Why Dental Employees Leave Great Practice Cultures
You’ve done a phenomenal job of building a great culture of behaviors, systems, and practices based on core values the entire team seems to embrace. Team members support one another […]
Posted August 08, 2022
5 Marketing Tips for Attracting More Dental Candidates
“How can I get more dental candidates to look at my job post and apply?” This pressing question is one we are often asked by employers looking to recruit new […]
Posted July 18, 2022
Dental Job Market Update: Increase Employee Engagement & Retention
Halfway through 2022, The Great Resignation has continued to plague the dental job market. Potential dental receptionist candidates are deciding to go into other industries where remote work is possible. […]
Posted July 11, 2022
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What To Do When Your Dental Team Member Quits
When your dental hygienist, dental assistant, or front office team member catches you off guard with a resignation notice, it can send you into a panic state because we simply […]
Posted June 20, 2022
Why Dental Employee Benefits Matter
Train people well enough so they can leave. Treat people well enough, so they don’t want to. Sir Richard Branson Finding and hiring the right dental employees is a tall order […]
Posted June 12, 2022
3 Ways to Grow Dental Staff Engagement
“Fulfilled employees don’t want to leave.” Saurav Atri, Gallup In today’s challenging recruitment landscape, employee fulfillment and well-being should be at the top of the priority list for dental employers […]
Posted June 11, 2022
How to Set Your Dental Team Up For Success
We all have good and bad days at work. No matter how much we enjoy our jobs, patients, or work colleagues, it’s normal to have “off” days when we know […]
Posted May 11, 2022
Does Your Office Environment Reflect Your Practice Culture?
Have you ever walked into an office and it just felt tired and neglected with old décor and sad, outdated furniture and fixtures? Two-year-old magazines and the same old pictures […]
Posted May 09, 2022
7 Features of the Best Dental Hiring and Recruiting Platform
The hiring process can often feel like a balancing act. Potential candidates should be skilled enough to tick all the job requirements while also being a good fit for the […]
Posted May 08, 2022
What We Can Do About Dental Professionals’ Early Retirement
More dental professionals are considering retiring earlier than ever before. In an already challenging labor shortage, what can we do about it? What the Survey Says… In 2022, DentalPost published […]
Posted May 02, 2022
Are You Overlooking Good Candidates?
It’s Easy To Overlook Good Dental Candidates In the tightest of labor markets, we can’t afford to overlook candidates because of unconscious personal biases (for example, biases for gender, age, […]
Posted April 25, 2022
Is Your Dental Practice Doing “Stay” Interviews?
It’s late Thursday afternoon and you’re wrapping up some paperwork, ready to head into the weekend when your best hygienist peeks her head in and asks to speak with you. […]
Posted April 04, 2022
Dental Job Satisfaction Poll Reveals How to Boost Retention & Engagement
Following DentalPost’s recently released annual salary survey, we conducted a dental job satisfaction poll of 551 dental professionals in February to find out: What is driving dental workers to look […]
Posted February 24, 2022
Spotting A Toxic Dental Employee Before You Hire Them
Given the uncertainty of the world, many people are living and operating from a place of fear, so it’s understandable that employees may feel a bit disenchanted or burned out. […]
Posted February 16, 2022
8 Steps to Optimize Your Hygienists’ Patient Care and Productivity
Historical shortages, coupled with the impact of COVID-19, resulted in a tighter-than-ever job market for registered dental hygienists (RDHs). This begs two questions: Are you at risk of losing a […]
Posted February 11, 2022
At Risk For Dental Employee Turnover In 2022?
Over the last year, dental workers have returned to the job market in large numbers, and many returning workers took positions with new employers. With the current shortage of dental […]
Posted January 19, 2022
Will There Be a January Jobseeker Season?
Before “pandemic times”, dental professionals seeking new jobs would predictably begin dusting off their resumes in December, preparing to search for their next dental job at the start of the […]
Posted December 20, 2021
Diverse Voices In Dentistry: Dr. Joy Void-Holmes
As part of our recent SmartView launch, DentalPost is elevating diverse voices and leaders in dentistry so that we can all better understand their perspectives on how to propel our […]
Posted November 22, 2021
Are You Ghosting and Don’t Even Know It?
It’s easy to scroll past reminders and articles about “ghosting” when you’ve never missed an interview and always show up on time. But ghosting a dental practice or dental candidate […]
Posted October 26, 2021
Diverse Voices In Dentistry: Q&A with Tameka S. Lee, Empower RDH
Our Diverse Voices series continues with someone whose mission to inspire and empower hygienists is one that is near and dear to my heart. Fellow RDH and founder of Empower RDH, […]
Posted October 13, 2021
What Dental Clinicians & Employers Need to Know About the Latest Covid-19 Safety Standards
COVID-19 has posed an unprecedented challenge to the compliance industry. Never in the history of OSHA have we seen anything like COVID-19, and in the beginning stages of this pandemic, […]
Posted October 08, 2021
Diverse Voices In Dentistry: Q&A with Susan Quan
As part of our recent SmartView launch, DentalPost is elevating diverse voices and leaders in dentistry so that we can all better understand their perspectives on how to propel our […]
Posted September 30, 2021
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Diverse Voices In Dentistry: A Male Hygienist Shares His Story
Last week, I was so excited to launch SmartView, a new DentalPost feature, a long time in the making, that empowers dental hiring managers to conduct candidate screening without candidate […]
Posted September 21, 2021
Reduce Screening Bias to Find the Best Candidates
Have you ever made the wrong assumption about someone after meeting them the first time? Maybe they reminded you of someone who bullied you as a child or had the […]
Posted August 19, 2021
Increase Revenue and Job Satisfaction by Outsourcing PPO Management
We can’t afford to burn out our Front Office Managers in today’s dental hiring climate. Booking and production schedules are already time-consuming. The increased complexities and expertise required to manage PPO […]
Posted July 22, 2021
11 Actions to Build a Better Dental Practice Culture
Every time we take a dental industry poll, the top reasons cited for leaving an employer remain constant. The two hot button issues for dental professionals are wanting to leave […]
Posted June 24, 2021
How to Get More Out of Your Dental Job Posting & Search
How to Get More Out of Your Dental Job Posting & Search is the third part of the series Hiring Through a Dental Labor Crisis. Catch up on Part 1 […]
Posted June 01, 2021
Dental Hiring & Recruiting in a Tight Market
This article was originally published on May 26th, 2021. It was most recently updated on April 25th, 2022. While the world of dentistry has largely recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
Posted May 26, 2021
Hiring Through a Dental Labor Market Crisis (Part 1)
Dental Labor Supply & Demand by Position As the nation’s largest dental professional job board, DentalPost is often where practices look for solutions to their hiring problems. But there is […]
Posted May 19, 2021
Gen Z in Dentistry: Get to Know the Graduating Dental Class
The new class of graduating dental professionals is ready to get to work! With dental clinicians in high demand and short supply, hiring managers must seriously look at Gen Z in […]
Posted May 02, 2023
Ghosting Hurts Everyone & Our Industry
It’s a challenging time for dental practices looking to fill clinical team member positions on their teams. An already tight labor pool, coupled with fewer graduate candidates, makes 2021 an […]
Posted April 15, 2021
Are Job Seekers Not Applying to Your Job? Here’s How to Fix it.
You’re offering a job, so why aren’t you getting applications? You need to figure out why dental job seekers are not applying to your ad or showing up to interviews. These […]
Posted February 25, 2021
Creating a Culture of Gratitude in Your Dental Practice
It’s that time of year when we all stop, reflect and take stock of the things we are thankful for. Gratitude will bring us peace today and set us right for […]
Posted November 09, 2020
Dental Team Appreciation
When was the last time you felt truly appreciated? Whether you are in the role of boss, employee, parent, or friend, we all need to feel like what we are […]
Posted October 22, 2020
5 Strategies to Retain Your Dental Team
Recently a friend from my Entrepreneurs Organization network shared the story of the Choluteca Bridge in Honduras. After hearing it, it made me think about the dental industry and how […]
Posted September 14, 2020
So…Where Are All the Clinical Candidates?
Recently, my friend, author, and DDS, Chris Salierno, penned an article for DentistryIQ.com titled, Where in the heck are all of the good dental job candidates? It’s the million-dollar question […]
Posted August 10, 2020
Are You Asking the Right Dental Interview Questions?
How to Prepare for Dental Job Interview Questions Before Covid-19 hit and effectively shut down dental operations, the hiring process for the dental industry had remained unchanged for decades. But […]
Posted July 20, 2020
How to Write a Dental Job Description
The world has changed. Your job posting needs to change with it. With dental professionals in short supply and high demand, attracting candidates is critical to your practice running smoothly […]
Posted July 09, 2020
The Hiring Process for a Winning Dental Team
The Secret Formula to Having Your Dental Dream Team In my previous article, we laid the groundwork for what it will take to successfully hire a winning team. We discussed […]
Posted March 02, 2020
Focus on Your Practice Culture to Build Your Dental Dream Team
Get Ready to Make your Dream Team a Reality Surely, we would all agree, that we could not have a successful practice without patients. And, without a winning team, we […]
Posted February 17, 2020
The Power of Assessments: Get to Know a Candidate Before You Hire Them
How to narrow down the candidate pool.
Posted December 02, 2019
The Cost of a Bad Hire
Can you imagine how (understandably) frustrated your team would be if you hired your mom, wife or girlfriend for a job they were totally unqualified for? While hiring mistakes usually […]
Posted November 08, 2019
HIPAA and Dental Records: What Do You Need to Know?
Many healthcare professionals forget about the sensitive nature of dental records when it comes to cybersecurity breaches, privacy, and confidentiality. Patient profiles in dental offices contain many of the elements […]
Posted November 08, 2019
Be a Boss People Love to Work For
Great bosses do this…
Posted October 11, 2019
The Secret Life of the Dental Office Manager
What makes a great manager?
Posted September 24, 2019
4 Must-Ask Interview Questions When Staffing a New Dental Office
With the dentistry field continuing to evolve, it is important to hire only qualified, trained, and professional staff. If you are responsible for hiring staff in a new medical office, […]
Posted September 12, 2019
Why Emotional Intelligence is Crucial to Hiring the Right Candidate
What is Emotional Intelligence? How much do I have? The Oxford dictionary defines Emotional Intelligence (EI) as “the capacity to be aware of, control, and express one’s emotions, and to […]
Posted September 06, 2019
Get Prepared for Holidays and Vacations With Dental Temps
tick, tick, tick… Pop quiz for employers, when’s the next time you have a team member going away on vacation? Have you planned their replacement yet? Check in with your […]
Posted August 16, 2019
Is a Valued Team Member About to Make a Move? How to Recognize the Signs and Steps You Can Take.
Something feels different in the office. It’s hard to describe. The patients are happy, with no complaints. The schedule is full, revenue is strong. Internal conflicts among staff are at […]
Posted August 07, 2019
How to Build Great Relationships With Dental Temps
The freelance economy is changing how Americans work and the dental industry is no exception; dental temps are becoming an increasingly popular way to solve complex scheduling challenges. Hiring temps […]
Posted July 30, 2019
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Is New Dental Technology Changing Dental Hygienist Duties?
Each year delivers more new dental technology that makes dentistry easier, faster, and more cost-effective than ever before. But like many other hygienists, this trend has you a bit concerned. […]
Posted July 04, 2019
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5 Great Gifts for Dental Professionals
When buying gifts to show appreciation for your team members, coworkers, or colleagues, it may be challenging to know where to turn for highly usable and highly desirable gifts that […]
Posted May 17, 2019
6 Things Dental Office Managers Do That Keep Us Smiling
A tireless dental office manager is at the center of every great dental office. They’re typically the first ones in and the last ones out and make sure that our […]
Posted April 18, 2019
Are Your Interviews Hurting Your Business?
5 Interview Questions to Help You Hire Right (and Save Time and Money!) Are you going bananas because of hiring? You are not alone. Hiring is hard work and can […]
Posted April 18, 2019
7 Tips to Make the Most of Your DentalPost Employer Profile
Let’s face it: finding great help can be hard in the era of digital dentistry and technology. Sifting through dozens of random resumes, finding the applicants with the right skills […]
Posted July 31, 2018
9 Expert Dental Office Management Tips to Enhance Your Practice
Plenty of forums and sites offer seemingly magic “dental office management tips” to dental professionals. Here’s the truth: there’s no “secret formula” to running a dental practice. It requires a […]
Posted June 05, 2018
Women in Dentistry Changing the Industry
Women in dentistry are (and have been) leading the industry for years. The success and strength of women in the workplace are becoming a bigger focus for our industry and […]
Posted March 06, 2018
4 Tell-Tale Signs You Have a Great Boss
I’ve worked in a lot of different dental offices throughout my career — while I was trying to start a family, I temped in over 100 offices! So, I have […]
Posted June 13, 2017
Why Doing Good is Good for Business
In 2007, business mogul and entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson created a movement for business owners called Capitalism 24902 to be a force for good in the world. In an article […]
Posted November 10, 2015
Onboarding: Sink or Swim
Think back to your first day of high school. Did you have butterflies in your stomach? Were you worried about finding your classrooms, making new friends, or forgetting your locker […]
Posted August 05, 2015
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This 6-Step Oral Cancer Screening Process Saves Lives
Being a dental professional is about so much more than just ensuring day-to-day oral health. The mouth is a window to the rest of the body and tells a lot about a […]
Posted November 11, 2014
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Excellent Dental Employers Have These 7 Characteristics
Any experienced dentist-employer knows that staff stability is critically important in maintaining long-term patient relationships and reducing overhead costs associated with employee turnover and training. Just as the business owner […]
Posted May 20, 2014