Good Employees are Worth Screening For
In the May 2007 issue of Dental Economics, there’s an excellent article titled: “Hiring a great team.” In that article, the authors say the following.
“No management function is more critical than the ability to hire qualified and competent people. Dental schools tend not to provide any help in this area. As a result, this all-important task can be – at its best – overwhelming, mysterious, and challenging, and – at its worst – a pure gamble.”
That’s not just true for dental offices. It’s true for most small businesses.
If you run a smaller business, you probably didn’t start your business to master the art of hiring good people. You started it because you wanted to run a retail store that appealed to your passion. Or you liked working in construction and thought that you could do better on your own.
Whatever the case, you’re going to have to hire. If you want to get great people on your team and avoid lawsuits for things like negligent hiring, you need to do it right.
The authors of the Dental Economics article outline good hiring for a dental office. Here’s my version for everyone else.
Have a process. Your process should attract lots of […]