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practice management feature by Paul Edwards Meet Jane. She’s answering your job ad for a dental assistant position. On paper, she seems perfect. She has the education, the skills and the right amount of experience you’re looking for. She should be a great fit for the position, but you’re leery about hiring her just based off her resume and an initial interview. To get a better understanding of her skills, you decide to utilize a tool you picked up from a colleague years ago called a “working interview.” You ask Jane to come in for a few hours and have her work alongside you as an assistant. She’ll work through the morning so you can test her skills and chairside manner with patients. During these couple of hours, she agrees to not be paid because it’s a working interview and she wants to show you what she can do. At the end of the interview, you feel like you have a good handle on her skills and personality, but you’re not sure she’s the best fit for your office. You tell her you’ll be in touch with your final decision in a few days. She leaves without pay, or perhaps you write her a check for $100 for her time. You go back to work no worse for wear. But what if I told you that you just did something illegal? Something that is considered tax fraud? What are Working Interviews? Working interviews were originally invented by temporary employment agencies as a “try before you buy” option. The agencies would send out potential job candidates to their clients’ offices to work for a few hours, days or even weeks to give the client time to test out the candidate’s skills. If clients liked a candidate, they could hire him/her as an employee. If that candidate did not impress, the agencies would send another until their client was happy. From that, the idea of working interviews was born. continued on page 56 54 MAY 2013 » dentaltown.com http://www.dentaltown.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Dentaltown May 2013

Dentaltown.com Highlights
Howard Speaks: Is Dentistry Getting Too Easy?
Professional Courtesy: High Tide for High Tech
Continuing Education Update
Industry News
Second Opinion: The Stainless-Steel Crown for Primary Molars
Special Second Opinion: Prevent a Tulsa Repeat
Simple Two-implant CT Guided Case
Does Your Staff Ask for Referrals?
Your 2013 Website Optimization Starts Today
I Attended Your CE and All I Got Was This Crappy Notebook
Dentaltown Research: CAD/CAM
New Products
DIY Finance, Part VI: Red Flags and Scams
Employee Working Interviews: They’re Legal, Aren’t They?
The Sleeping Giant in Your Practice
What’s on My Tray? Prep and Impression, Crown and Bridge
Continuing Education: Articaine and Paresthesia in Dental Anesthesia: Neurotoxicity or Procedural Trauma?
Concentric Circles Dentaltown’s annual focus on the charitable side of dentistry
All the Things Money Can’t Buy
Taking on Pro-bono Cases
Doing Good and Doing Well
Global Dental Relief
Giving Thanks, One Smile at a Time
Big Help on a Local Level
Oral Health America
You Should Know: Climb for a Cause
In This Issue: Where Should Prevention Begin?
Perio Reports
Ad Index
Profile in Oral Health Prada or Prevention: A Look at Public Health and Oral Health
Dentally Incorrect

Dentaltown May 2013