Difficulty in landing a job at a dental lab?

[blankman321]

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One of the other posts mentioned that he/she might be getting a job in a denture lab setting, which I have seen also and I am pretty interesting in joining one too. I wanted to know what is the difficulty in landing these type of jobs?

I am in the process of completing the bachelor degree but have about two years work experience (non-dental related) and 1 year of research experience. If anyone could give me any advice on how should I approach the dental lab office to show interest in working there, I would be appreciate it.

 

[doc toothache]

One of the other posts mentioned that he/she might be getting a job in a denture lab setting, which I have seen also and I am pretty interesting in joining one too. I wanted to know what is the difficulty in landing these type of jobs?
I am in the process of completing the bachelor degree but have about two years work experience (non-dental related) and 1 year of research experience. If anyone could give me any advice on how should I approach the dental lab office to show interest in working there, I would be appreciate it.

If you really like to do dental lab work go for it; otherwise you are better off working at McD.

 

[blankman321]

I am pretty sure McD would reject when they find out im on the verge of finishing a bachelor degree. I just wanted to know if a lot of dental lab technician jobs require a lot of dental-related experience.

 

[doc toothache]

I am pretty sure McD would reject when they find out im on the verge of finishing a bachelor degree. I just wanted to know if a lot of dental lab technician jobs require a lot of dental-related experience.

But you think a dental lab would look at it differently, not to mention that it does not say much for the demand of the undergrad degree.

 

[goffdent]

The fact that so many large dental labs now are taking untrained anybodies off the street is the reason why it's not considered a trade, and less trained people are seeking education for it and going into it.

 

[digitalfortress]

In Calgary at least, there are a lot of denture labs... though most of them are owned or mostly run by Koreans. They tend to look for retired Korean immigrants that don't have Western license and/or good English skills, and they rarely, if ever, let foreigners in. It's not just their xenophobic culture as some say... it's just that most workers aren't fluent in English and they prefer workers to all speak same language and same working culture and so on to make the workplace as consistent and convenient as possible. I met one technician that used to be a dentist in Korea, but it's apparently difficult for people in 40s and 50s to keep his/her job. Job competition is fierce there and business ethics are very different in the East than West. For instance, you have to submit your pic in your job application. A big no no in here, but that's the trend there. Just another nightmare scenario where everyone goes for college degree and mass produce graduates. Complete mess as far as job market goes.

So network is the king when it comes to these things... but that's just here. Maybe the stories are different in other places.