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Finding the perfect fit for your practice's staff when hiring new employees can prove to be quite the task. On top of looking for candidates with the right skill set, you want someone who will be a pleasure to work with and stay with your practice for years to come.

Asking the right questions is the only way to find out whether a candidate is a good cultural fit. We’ve come across these interview questions that will help you gain insight to an candidate’s background and goals. No matter if you're looking for a technician, office manager, or even another optician to join your practice, these questions are designed to highlight important personality traits. Maybe they'll lead you to the optical practice addition you need?

One of the best things that can happen to your eyecare practice is having a staff that patients recognize year after year throughout their life stages.

People talk about how they want to grow old with their families and loved ones, but there are also a lot of benefits to your practice growing old with your staff and patients. In fact, a lot of the rules that apply to other relationships in your life apply to your optometry staff, people you spend at least 40 hours of a week with if not more.

We want to discuss the reasons you'd want to retain your staff and how you might be able to accomplish that today.

In a previous episode of The Power Hour, Optometry's live talk radio show, Ian Lane took the chair and had a conversation with Dr. Gary Gerber about dealing with change management during the implementation phase of purchasing new optical software.

Making the decision to purchase new software for your practice can bring out mixed feelings among your staff, so make sure that you read up (or listen up) to these tips on dealing with resistance and change in your practice.

Usually the winter holidays are filled with family reunions, festivities, events, and general conviviality. The holidays in 2020 are different because of the social distancing measures we're all following, though. Which means your staff and patients might need a bit of extra motivation to take care of themselves and put their eye health first. 

We thought about different ways you can spread joy and make your patient's time in your practice as enjoyable as possible. Here are a few ideas we thought were winners: