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How to ditch your dental temp agency

Ending any relationship is difficult, and that includes business relationships. You were likely very excited about working with a temp agency when you began. This opportunity benefited you in one or more ways. It seemed to be the path to reach your goal of having a rewarding career with a flexible schedule. But then an unforeseen reality came to light over time; as nice as the temp agency...

April 07, 2021
How to ditch your dental temp agency

Ending any relationship is difficult, and that includes business relationships. You were likely very excited about working with a temp agency when you began. This opportunity benefited you in one or more ways. It seemed to be the path to reach your goal of having a rewarding career with a flexible schedule. But then an unforeseen reality came to light over time; as nice as the temp agency owners are, you realized their fees were exorbitant. 

April 07, 2021
Freelancers remove the risk to expanding office hours

Tim Ferris authored the bestselling book, The 4-Hour Workweek, to propose a different lifestyle that included working fewer hours to make more money. It is an engaging book with many helpful suggestions on improving your life. However, Tim’s success wasn’t the result of working 4-hour weeks. Interestingly, he was working 14 hours every day while he wrote his popular book. A dentist’s workweek is closer to Tim’s 14-hour days than his utopian 4-hour week.

March 24, 2021
Is it possible to be a full-time dental temp?

Have you ever contemplated becoming a temp? How about doing it exclusively?

January 15, 2021
Stop paying the dental placement agency. This is how to earn more.

If you’re working through a dental staffing agency, chances are you’re not making as much money as you could. The service may be helping you find jobs, but those jobs don’t pay what you’re really worth. While you’re not paying the placement agency directly, the agency’s fees do ultimately come out of your pocket.

November 16, 2020
What Dental Staffing Agencies Won't Tell You

When dental professionals first start working as RDHs or RDAs, they often look to job boards to find work. The same is true for new practice owners. When getting ready to launch their dental office, many first-time owners contact dental temp agencies to help them find auxiliary staff. While it might seem like a good solution at the time, working with a dental temp agency is a terrible choice for practice owners and professionals for a variety of reasons.

October 01, 2020
The traveling dental hygienist is here to stay

People outside of dentistry are often surprised to learn that many dental professionals don’t have full time, permanent jobs. But registered dental hygienists (RDHs) and dental assistants know the truth. Permanent positions in dental hygiene and dental assisting aren’t always available, and many dental professionals aren’t interested in staying in one place. Whether by necessity or by choice, RDHs have pieced together work schedules through dental temp agencies for decades.

June 23, 2020
How to future-proof your dental career in 2020 and beyond

With ever-advancing technology and new medical discoveries, dentistry is an industry which is constantly developing. Whether you’re a dental assistant, dental hygienist or dentist, if you want to maintain your role in the fast-faced field, it’s important you evolve alongside it. 

December 31, 2019
This is what happened when we started working with temp workers only

After we launched in Houston, TX, we shortly discovered that a newly-opened dental practice decided to move away from the traditional dental staffing route and work exclusively with freelancers they found through Cloud Dentistry.

November 16, 2019
Still working with a dental temp agency? It’s harming your practice

Dental professionals have been getting the short end of the stick when it comes to filling staff vacancies for decades. As a dental practice owner, there’s sure to be a time when your dental auxiliary will want a couple of weeks off work for a much-deserved vacation or your dental assistant requests a few personal days to deal with an important family matter. 

September 30, 2019
5 ways high-cost dental temp agencies are holding back your practice

From vacations and sicknesses to pregnancies and education, there are all kinds of reasons your dental staff will need to take time off from work. You can’t just close your practice and stop everything until they return. So you need to find part-time staff to bridge the gap. When this happens, most business owners turn to a dental temp agency to help them fill the temporary vacancy. But an interim dental staffing agency isn’t always the best choice for a dental practice owner.

September 23, 2019
Are you using the right tools to staff your dental clinic?

As the owner of a dental clinic, you approach your job as both a practitioner and a business owner. It’s important that you provide exemplary care for your patients. It’s also critical that you keep your business running smoothly. Doing both while maintaining a decent overhead can be challenging.

September 10, 2019
This is what happened when we said goodbye to our dental temp agency

A standard for many dental offices for decades is the dental temp agency. Founded because of need to fill job vacancies quickly it has been the industry source.  The dental industry has always experienced a shortage of workers, and when regular employees need time off for vacation, illness, maternity leave and other reasons finding good people are like "finding a needle in the haystack.

July 17, 2019
Dental temp agencies have never been worthwhile for dental practices: Here is why.

Are you wondering if switching from temp agencies to cloud-based hiring platforms is a good decision for your dental practice? Forbes Magazine recently predicted that, sooner or later, nearly all organizations will be dependent on the cloud in one way or another.

July 09, 2019
Cloud Dentistry reviews? This is what freelancers and dental offices really think!

There’s no “fishing” for compliments when in the Cloud

June 20, 2019
This will make you reconsider traditional dental temp agencies

Faced with hiring a new dental assistant? Asking someone else to choose prospective employees for your practice may make some dentists nervous.  What would make an employment agency good at selecting qualified applicants than yourself? After all, you are a doctor, and it surely isn't harder than a three-root endodontic procedure.  Or is it?

May 03, 2019
Still working for a dental temp agency? 5 reasons you should switch to the cloud now.

If you’re a dental hygienist, dental assistant or dental auxiliary professional, a dental staffing agency may seem like the obvious place to find work. It’s fraught with problems, though, and those problems can get in the way of your profits. Fortunately, there is an alternative. Cloud Dentistry is a cloud-based dental staffing platform that outshines any agency. Here’s why you should consider making the switch from the agency to the cloud.

July 20, 2017
Tired of outdated dental temp agencies?

Now you have a choice!

Placement agencies are a thing of the past. Stop paying their expensive markups, and take control.

Hire who you want, when you want them. No per day fees. No permanent placement fees. Post jobs for free. Start messages for free.

Create your free profile

July 03, 2017
What you should know about dental temp agencies

Dear Dental Professionals,

Did you know that signing up to work through a placement agency can actually reduce your earnings and limit your work opportunities, especially full-time work? It’s true.

While placement agencies might not directly charge you for their services, the truth is you are paying for their services just the same. It’s a hidden, pernicious sort of trick. Here’s how it works.

Placement agencies get you to join them by promising free help. Then they turn around and charge a markup on your hourly rate to offices. This is money that, at least in part, could have gone to you.

This markup also makes you less competitive for temp assignments. Other temps, working through an online matching site like Cloud Dentistry, don’t come saddled with these extra costs, and are therefore more attractive options to dental offices.

And here’s the worst part of all. In the event an office wants to hire you full time, placement agencies charge a markup of around 15% on your annual salary. An office that wants to pay you a $50,000 salary, for example, may first have to pay $7,500 in tribute to the agency.

Many offices aren’t willing to pay this. So, as much as the office may have loved working with you, they’re going to fill this full-time position with another candidate—one that doesn’t come burdened by placement-agency baggage.

And so the cycle starts over. You missed out on a full-time position and are back to temping. Keep using a placement agency, and the cycle continues.

If you find yourself in this situation, or are considering working with an agency, I’d urge you to view the relationship with a critical eye. I’d also urge you to remove yourself from their roster. Otherwise, placement agencies may try to argue, wrongly, that your inclusion in their roster is enough to prevent you from working for an office (even if the agency did not help connect you to that office).

Restrictions on labor of this sort are of questionable legality. More importantly, anyone that would obstruct your gainful employment in this way does not have your interest at heart.

The good news is we are here to help. Please share this email with any friends whom you think could benefit from it. My goal is to empower dental professionals to take control of their careers and professional brands, unshackled by placement agencies.

If there’s anything I can do to support you, please do not hesitate to contact us. I’m at your disposal.

Sincerely,

Trey Tepichin
Co-Founder & CEO
info@clouddentistry.com
www.clouddentistry.com

Please do not send us any agreements that are subject to a confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement. Nothing herein should be construed as legal advice. No attorney-client relationship is created by this email. We encourage you to consult an attorney if you have any legal questions.

June 27, 2017
24 years of dentistry research: 10 myths debunked

We’re serious about your smile! As every dental professional knows, your mouth is an excellent indicator of your overall health. You’d be surprised how much it reveals about your well-being. But there are plenty of myths about dental health and dentistry research, as well.

June 16, 2017

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