Five Recruitment Mistakes to Avoid

Hiring a new healthcare professional can be a difficult process for any medical or dental practice. From writing a job description to sorting through resumes and conducting interviews, each step can be time-consuming and stressful, especially in a busy healthcare firm. Adding to the frustration of hiring is the worry that making a mistake could mean picking the wrong candidate.

Here are five common medical and dental recruitment mistakes and how Indigo Medical and Dental Consulting can help you avoid them.

1. Missing the big picture – Your practice has its own unique needs, just like your potential employees. Before we start the search process, we get to know your dental or medical practice’s mission, people, systems, processes, and goals. During the analysis of potential employees we do the same thing; understanding their goals, career plans, and personality. By analysing your organisation, culture, and infrastructure, we can see the big picture and make sure the candidate fits into that picture.
2. Hiring what’s available – When you are looking for a new medical or dental professional, you don’t just want what is available, you want the best. Indigo Medical and Dental Consulting targets both active and passive job seekers to ensure you get the ideal candidate.
   • Active Job Seekers are those currently looking for a job. To recruit the best active candidates, you need to put the right ad in the right spot. Indigo Medical Consulting helps you create and place that ad; one that piques interest, creates desire, and initiates action.
   • Passive Job Seekers are currently employed but would consider a new job. They are often the most talented and valuable professionals in the industry, but do not have the time to look around for a new position. Indigo Medical Consulting taps into its network of healthcare professionals to reach these top potential candidates.
   By combining these approaches, Indigo Medical Consulting helps you get the best employees, not just what’s available.
3. Going on personality alone – Joe might be a charmer in the interview but a terror to work with. While it is easy to hire the interviewee you like the most, resist this temptation. Sure, personality is integral to workplace success, but so is skills, experience, and work performance. Indigo Medical and Dental Consulting conducts a series of assessments to make sure your candidate is the right one for the job.
4. Not doing a background check – Experts have estimated that up to 50 percent of people lie on their resumes! While reference checks can be time-consuming, they are essential to finding the right candidates for your dental or medical practice. We take the time to conduct a thorough background check of your potential employees including their past work history, duties, and performance.
5. Failing to follow-up – The recruitment process doesn’t end when a candidate is hired. Starting as a new employee is tough, but with clear expectations, goals, and periodic feedback you can make the transition easier. Indigo Medical and Dental Consulting helps you establish key performance indicators, which serve as an evaluation criteria and guide future training and development plans. This planning ensures your future staffing needs will be met while giving new employees confidence in your commitment to them.