How Do I Negotiate My Pay When Offered a Job?

How Do I Negotiate My Pay When Offered a Job?

Getting offered a job is always one of the most exciting things that can happen during our adult lives.   But that excitement could quickly dissipate if pay offered isn’t what you were expecting.   No, you don’t have to turn down the job or settle for lower pay…...
What Should I Pay My Dental Assistant?

What Should I Pay My Dental Assistant?

With the current employment landscape leaning in the direction of the employees we have seen an increase in pay rates across all positions in the dental field.   We did some research from our site to give you a breakdown of what each Dental Position is currently...
How to Ask for a Pay Raise?

How to Ask for a Pay Raise?

If you have been with your current dental practice for a while, you might be seeing job posts offering a higher rate of pay than what you are currently making.   And that is because the rate of pay for all dental professionals has been rising as the demand for...
Temp Bench

Temp Bench

  The employment laws in California are ever changing and while the demand for dental temps in increasing, it has become more difficult for Dental Offices to employ dental temps. Have no fear!  We are here to help!  This post takes a quick look at how to work around...
Job Advertisement Timeline

Job Advertisement Timeline

Direct Dental Staffing is shaking up how the dental industry staffs and hires temps and professionals.  But this isn’t the first time the process of advertising your job has been given a facelift.  Here is a quick history of Job Advertisements.   1704 –...
Write a Powerful Dental Job Earning Resume

Write a Powerful Dental Job Earning Resume

Whether you are a Registered Dental Assistant, Hygienist or a Receptionist, your resume is going to provide the basis for your first impression with a Dentist or Office Manager.  While you’ve probably managed to thoroughly articulate your appropriate skills and work...
3 Ways to Handle an Unmotivated Employee

3 Ways to Handle an Unmotivated Employee

This weeks blog post is brought to you by Laura Hatch, the owner of Front Office Rocks.  She discusses the downfalls of having an unmotivated employee in your office and how to address this costly issue. Front Office Rocks offers Live Training Seminars all over the...
6 Steps to Become an RDA

6 Steps to Become an RDA

This weeks blog post is brought to you by Adele Baca, the owner of California Dental Certifications. Here she gives you a straight forward and easy to follow breakdown of how to get your RDA license. From Dental Assisting to Dental Laboratory, to Dental CAD/CAM...
Paid Sick Leave

Paid Sick Leave

To keep your practice compliant with Paid Sick Leave, we have brought in the expertise of Anita York with a guest blog post.  Anita York is a partner at Scott & Whitehead. On behalf of employers, Ms. York has litigated issues in a variety of areas, including...
Jump Start Your Dental Career!

Jump Start Your Dental Career!

Are you looking to make a career change?  Want a job that offers you the ability to work with your hands, connect with patients, be apart of a close-knit team and offers job stability? Then a career in the Dental Field sounds like it would be the right fit for you!...
Hiring in 2019

Hiring in 2019

It was a chilly January evening and the room was bursting with optimism as prideful families watched teary eyed as students became graduates. Among the group were your future and very eager Dental Assistants & Dental Hygienists ready to join the work force. I was...
Is your hiring process costing you candidates?

Is your hiring process costing you candidates?

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics unemployment is currently at 3.7%, the lowest it has ever been.  And it feels like it is even less than that in the dental field. There seems to be more jobs in the dental field than there are candidates to fill them....

How to Write a Powerful Job Earning Resume

Whether you are a Registered Dental Assistant, Hygienist or a Receptionist, your resume is going to provide the basis for your first impression with a Dentist or Office Manager.  While you’ve probably managed to thoroughly articulate your appropriate skills and work...