Practice Advantage

Quick Hitter: Hiring for Attitude with Dr. Manning

Episode Summary

Hiring for attitude is key to growing your business. People are the most important aspect of your practice and hiring the right candidate is key.

Episode Notes

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Your practice and business is only as successful as the quality of team members you employ. Searching for, interviewing, and hiring great candidates is one piece of owning a business that consumes a lot of energy and time for owners and managers. Hiring for attitude is an important key to success in advancing your business and practice culture. 

Key Takeaways:

1. The Bureau of Labor & Statistics job report for august showed an increase in unemployment rate and increase in hiring in healthcare, providing a better opportunity currently for practices to find good candidates.
2. Hiring for attitude begins with defining your practice culture and what a great candidate/ employee looks like.
3. During the interview, ask behavioral based questions that uncover their attitudes and passion that align with what you want in your practice.
4. Asks similar behavioral based questions when you're checking references. Validate the types of experiences and behavioral responses the candidate shared during the interview.
5. Always be hiring and on the lookout for good candidates in other places you do business on a regular basis.