If you hire a new administrative staff member, what’s one of the first things you’d have them do? Answer the phones? If this was your response – you’re not alone. It’s what most dental practices do. And it could be costing you – a lot. Often thought of as an “entry level position,” reception in a dental practice is much…
This week’s blog post comes from the Ask Sabri column in our magazine, with a reader question that is relevant to many dental practices right now: Q: Help! We can’t find any good employees. We’ve been trying to hire, but people either are asking for too much money, don’t last long, or never find their footing on the job. What…
Q: I’m having a hard time keeping good employees in my practice. How can I minimize staff turnover? A: Thank you for your question! Especially in today’s labor market with more job-hopping than ever, this is an important topic. In any business, regardless of what that business is, you are always going to have some amount of staff turnover. The…
You hire new staff and they seem to be doing okay…and then they don’t do so well, so you let them go, and then you repeat the cycle. Or you hire new staff and they seem to be doing well… then they give you their two weeks’ notice, and you repeat the cycle. High turnover is more common these days,…
You’ve finally found and hired a great team member—yay! But, now what? Recently, Chris Menkhaus shared how to find great team members for your dental practice (if you haven’t read it yet). But what comes after that? Do you just show them their desk and let them get to work? If you’ve ever hired someone you thought was a great…
Currently, finding new employees is a little tougher than it used to be. During the pandemic, a percentage of the workforce dropped out of dental—if I had to estimate it, perhaps 15% left the industry. On top of that, starting pay is higher and people are “job-hopping” more, which can make your practice feel like a merry-go-round. So in this…
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