How to hire great employees.

The average dentist (as well as the average business person) tends to treat the hiring decision as a random event. However, it is relatively easy to update your hiring skills so that you can consistently select excellent employees. Hiring good employees is critical, because hiring poor ones can bring a practice to its knees. Many employers have a difficult time interviewing applicants, and many good employees have a difficult time being interviewed. The first step in successful hiring is to look carefully at the resumes you have on hand. After you've narrowed the field down to six or 10 potential candidates, you should consider the specific competencies required to do the job and develop relevant interview questions to ask the candidates. When you finally conduct interviews, your overall objective is to give the candidate an opportunity to tell you about their skills and experience, and how they apply to your operation. The interview is your time to get to know everything you can about the candidate, so use it wisely. Finally, you must make your decision.