One of the job sectors that employers have the hardest time with is dental hygiene and dental assistant jobs. These two categories have employees that work part time mostly and they tend to be women. Because of this they are often taking maternity leave but still want their jobs after several months of maternity leave. They do not typically leave the job forever since they only have to work part time when they come back from baby leave. This leaves the employer looking for part time employees in these job categories.
They often resort to temp dental job or placement firms. The price tag on these dental hygienist jobs and dental assitants can be high. The employers or dentists often have no problem paying for these temps since they still make a lot of money of them and don’t want to reschedule patients. The dentists or office managers would do a lot better if they could find hygienists or assitants in the area that are always looking to fill in for these type jobs without having to go through a temp agency. This is where job boards can come in handy. Dental job boards are particularly active since it saves the dentists a lot money and the hygienists can pick up days as they need them without having to pay part of their pay to a temp agency.