# #1,170: The #1 Hiring Mistake

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Podcast: [Dental A Team Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dental-a-team-podcast-899344)
Published: 2026-07-01T10:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://dentalateam.libsyn.com/1170-the-1-hiring-mistake
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## Resource

Hiring is hard right now. Kiera talks about a critical mistake offices tend to make when filling new seats: Hiring not just for skill, not just for culture, but both. She walks listeners through aligning your hirees with your core values, requiring a full team assessment, and involving your full staff. Episode resources: Subscribe to The Dental A-Team podcast Schedule a Practice Assessment Leave us a review Transcript: Kiera Dent- Dental A Team (00:00) Hello, Dental A Team listeners. This is Kiera. And today I wanted to talk about a big hiring mistake that I see offices make and how to fix it. I'm not just going to leave you on a cliffhanger, but like, let's talk about how to fix it because I know hiring's a beast right now. I'm in the suck of it, but don't forget, this is the success tax. We don't get the suck without the success. Like you have to have both. so hiring is a beast, but I think fixing some of these things, working through it and great news times are changing everybody. ⁓ it used to be that, ⁓ It used to be an employee market and I think it's now shifting. so for people feeling like there's not great team members out there, I will say that the market has shifted and we've actually made our most amount of hires in the last eight months as a Dental A Team company. And ⁓ I think I've learned a lot that I'm excited to share a lot of these hiring mistakes that I've made, that I've seen offices make and how you can fix them. So ⁓ I really think that there's a simple three steps around it that you can solve it. And who knows, I might go beyond the three. But really helping you guys prevent that team turnover, protect your culture, um, and really, you know, doing it in a great way. Then only teams obsessed with making dentistry easier for you guys. Um, our experi…

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