Last year we ran an article about how much Associate Dentists make across the United States. The data provided was from the Dental Economics Annual Practice Survey. This week I took an informal poll of our recruiters to learn about the current trends in compensation structures across various regions of the...
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Questions To Answer Before Accepting a Job Offer
The New Year is an excellent time to start looking for positions whether you are finishing dental school, a residency or after ending your commission as a military dentist. After you write an impressive CV, line up interviews and begin to field offers, it is important to know what questions you...
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Don’t Do This on Your Next Interview
Interviewing for any job requires a few steps, and most of the time the early steps in the interview process determine if you continue to move forward. While many of the dentists I speak with understand that they need to “sell” themselves, others jump right to questions or make statements that...
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Dentist Contract Negotiations – Compensation Considerations
When preparing to negotiate compensation with a practice, it is important to understand the various options. W-2 or 1099? Be sure you know the difference. Practices like to pay their associates as independent contractors in order to avoid paying employment taxes. But, in order to actually qualify as an independent contractor,...
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Job Searching in a Saturated or Difficult Job Market
This summer, the Bureau of Labor monthly jobs report stated that the U.S. added only 18,000 jobs in the month of June 2011 and ZERO in the month of August! With over three hundred million people in the U.S. at this time (a number that is growing every second), that statistic...
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