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DirectDental Blog
Here we post advice for Employers and Job Seekers to help fill the ever-growing demand for qualified dental professionals. Check back here often for advice on hiring, staying HR compliant (in California) and all things dental employment related.
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Anatomy of a Powerful Dental Job Advertisement
The majority of my days are spent explaining to dental offices why they need to change their job posting if they want to have success in finding qualified Dental Assistants, Hygienists and Front Office Dental Personnel.  Especially when their posting looks like this: When I see a post like that, I...  Read More
2024 Dental Holidays
2024 is Here and there is no stopping it.  So I figured, let’s celebrate!  This post has gathered all the dental related holidays of 2024 and it includes how to celebrate with your dental practice!  So I urge Dental Assistants, Hygienists, Front Office Dental Personnel and Dentists to put on their...  Read More
How do I use Artificial Intelligence to hire a Hygienist or Dental Assistant?
Artificial Intelligence is a big buzz word right now. And it is going to have a big year in 2024.  We are already seeing Dental offices using AI to assist with their marketing, diagnosing, and scheduling patient appointments.  Soon enough, your office will be using it to staff your dental jobs, if...  Read More
6 Tips for Dentists to Manage Rising Costs
It seems like around every corner, the cost of living is going up.  And running a business with these runaway costs might be keeping you up at night.  With the cost of payroll, shipping, dental supplies and more continuing to increase, we want to help. I put together this post to give some ideas...  Read More
“Red Flags” (about your dental office) according to Dental Professionals
While looking through the Dental Groups on Facebook, I stumbled across a post that seemed to be a long rant about dental practices you should be aware of.  It sparked a massive conversation among the hygienists that were in that group about all the “red flags” they see in job posts or during their...  Read More
Get your Dental Team to Increase Production with Bonuses
One of the biggest trends we see with job posts recently is dental offices offering bonuses based on production and/or collections.  It has always been one of my favorite benefits as it motivates the team and rewards them for working hard.   If you are lucky enough to work in an office that is...  Read More
7 tools DSOs use to Staff their Dental Jobs
Being a part of a DSO has its benefits.  Just like running a private practice has its benefits. One of those benefit’s DSO’s have is a bigger budget and better tools to staff their openings for Dental Hygienists, Assistants and front office dental personnel. But even though they have the budget and...  Read More
How to get your dental applicants to call you back
We hear you.  A lot of you are having great success in getting applicants with .  The problem is getting these candidates to call you back or show up for interviews.   While people are people and there is no exact science to get these dental assistants, hygienist and front office dental personnel...  Read More
Dentistry and the YOLO Economy
Recently the New York Times posted an article titled .  Several CEOs of restaurant and retail chains have also recently come out explaining that this YOLO lifestyle is making staffing extremely difficult.  Here we will explain what the Yolo Economy is and what it means for dentistry.  What is the...  Read More
5 Ways to Recession Proof Your Dental Practice.
The hopeful me hopes we can get business to resume as normal and that this post won’t actually be needed.   However, we now know that we should be prepared for everything.   We also know that operation costs are now higher and we should be looking for ways to bring in additional revenue or cut...  Read More
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