Associateship

[KHANSAHAAB]

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How hard in general is it to find work as an associate upon graduation? Is the job market for dentists near saturation? Or is their a deficit and dental employers are always looking for dentists in their clinic?

 

[capisce?]

depends on location

 

[charlestweed]

Very easy in California. There are at least 20 jobs listed in LA times every month……..for more info, visit the latimes.com website.

 

[NileBDS]

How hard in general is it to find work as an associate upon graduation? Is the job market for dentists near saturation? Or is their a deficit and dental employers are always looking for dentists in their clinic?

The number of actively practicing licensed dentists is not the problem ... their distribution is. Having said that, post # 2 should make perfect sense. 🙂

 

[DrJeff]

Finding an associateship isn't too tough. Finding the "perfect" associateship is what often takes a few attempts.

The way that I like to look at an associateship, especially one where you might somedays have the intentions of it becoming a partnership or even a full owner situation, is that its like finding a spouse. At first, the pool of potential spouses is quite large(associateship opportunities), and many times what seems to be the "perfect" potential spouse is taken. But, you find a potential spouse and you may decide you want to marry this potential spouse (taking the associateship). Some will end up in a happy marriage (partnership/ownership) and some will end up either never getting married (LONG term associateship) or getting divorced and moving on (finding a new associateship).

I jokingly refer to my partnership situation in the following way. I have 2 wives, ones a 30 something female who I see every night and weekends and the other's a 46 year old balding male who I see most weekdays from 8AM to 5PM😀

 

[KHANSAHAAB]

Finding an associateship isn't too tough. Finding the "perfect" associateship is what often takes a few attempts.

The way that I like to look at an associateship, especially one where you might somedays have the intentions of it becoming a partnership or even a full owner situation, is that its like finding a spouse. At first, the pool of potential spouses is quite large(associateship opportunities), and many times what seems to be the "perfect" potential spouse is taken. But, you find a potential spouse and you may decide you want to marry this potential spouse (taking the associateship). Some will end up in a happy marriage (partnership/ownership) and some will end up either never getting married (LONG term associateship) or getting divorced and moving on (finding a new associateship).

I jokingly refer to my partnership situation in the following way. I have 2 wives, ones a 30 something female who I see every night and weekends and the other's a 46 year old balding male who I see most weekdays from 8AM to 5PM😀

Thanks so much for the post. Its a great analogy you used.

I guess my follow up question would be if the locations in high demand are the major cities (eg. new york, boston, chicago etc?). I'm from Toronto and am a little concerned that it'll be tough to find associateship there because its the major city of Canada. Does anyone have a link or website where it shows dental associateship opportunities in various cities?

thanks for all responses.

 

[Turnerjo13]

I like the analogy too, but there is one thing to remember. Unlike a spouse, a dental practice, once you own it, can be molded, developed and differentiated however you like. What I mean is that you can buy a practice, and develop its philosophies and personality how ever you want it to be. It does not need to be a perfect fit from the beginning. This is not necessarily the case with a spouse.