Linda Miles, Founder

While most dentists use the media to find employees, you can also get many non-qualified applicants who waste your time. Here are some wonderful ways to find qualified and proven candidates:

• I highly recommend telling your local dental sales representatives and other dentists in the community at dental meetings.

• The local dental assistant/hygiene associations often have employment chairpersons keeping a data base of those looking for a position or those seeking new staff. 

• You may also use a placement agency many of which do the initial screening for you. 

• Some dentists I know contact the dentists with current help wanted ads that have already done the interviewing process. If they had more than one qualified applicant, the second dentist offers to pay for the other dentist's ad for giving them the names and numbers of the other qualified person(s) for interviewing. (It's a good idea to get permission from the applicant first.)

• Check your local and state dental assisting and hygiene schools. 

• Look to your staff and ask them if they know of anyone who may be a good candidate to talk with. Some offices have had outstanding results from hiring patients in their practice to join their team. It's better than hiring a stranger. 

• One of my clients sits down with his team having them write down all the personal traits they want the new hire to have. Then they write down names of people they know that may fit the qualifications. If the dentist hires one person that a particular staff member recommended, after the 90 day trial employment, the staff member making the recommendation receives a $400 recruitment bonus which is far less expensive than the ads and time involved in interviewing.

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Today I want to talk about accessibility. With out-dated, traditional software you can purchase, install, configure, and maintain third-part software so that you can access your patient data from home. The user experience is kind of clunky, but it is possible. And your IT pro would be happy to help you make it all work.

 The cloud is a totally different experience. It's liberating, really. Accessibility is the hallmark of cloud-based dental software, like Curve Dental. You can access your patient data from any where at anytime with any computer without having to purchase, install, configure, and maintain additional software.

 So, even if your practice is closed for the holidays, all of your computers are off, and you're taking it easy at grandma's house waiting for the turkey to cook, you can borrow your in-law's laptop and quickly take a peek at next week's schedule.

 So, even if your practice is closed for the holidays, all of your computers are off, you're waiting for a connecting flight to Florida, and a patient calls, you can easily flip open your own laptop, reference the patient's chart, and take care of their needs.

 The fact of the matter is old fashioned client-server software can't provide the same level of simple and easy accessibility that the cloud provides. No can do. 

You can learn more about how you can access your data from anywhere by calling and chatting with one of our dental software consultants at 888-910-4376. Call today to learn more or visit our website.

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