If you have ever had to have anything to do with dental recruitment agencies then you’ll almost certainly have experienced some frustration. It’s not entirely the fault of recruitment agencies themselves, because over the past few years the number of dental vacancies has soared dramatically, as has the number of people qualifying in various areas of dentistry.

With a growing number of dental jobs and a growing number of people looking for those jobs dental agencies have had their work cut out trying to keep up. In fact keeping up is not so much what most of them have been doing – it’s more like catching up. The end result is that often dental professionals looking for jobs have had to wait many weeks before hearing anything.

That may not be a huge deal for some people, but for others it can be a real headache. If you’re already employed and are happy in your current position but are thinking about the possibility of moving on then a few weeks of waiting aren’t going to cause you a great deal of stress. However, if you have lost your job, perhaps because of cuts, or the surgery closing down, or you’ve recently qualified and are keen to get your first dental job then waiting for weeks without knowing what’s in store for you can be a real cause of stress and anxiety.

It isn’t a whole heap better for the dental surgeries themselves either, because they too have to wait a very long time for candidates to be sought, and often in the meantime they have to cut down on the services they’d like to offer or the number of patients they can cope with. Not only this but often the fees charged by dental recruitment agencies to dental surgeries are very high, and it isn’t unheard of for some surgeries to have to fork out many thousands of pounds a year in agency fees – money that could have been better spent on new equipment for the surgery.

The real reason why this problem exists is because many recruitment agencies are still using systems from several years ago. Granted not many of them are still using old fashioned paper and filing cabinets, but even the computer systems of a few years ago are now very slow compared to modern alternative solutions. As an example, think about how you might go about trying to find an old school friend today. One of the first things you might do is to hop online, log in to Facebook or some other social networking site, punch in a few basic details and then almost certainly within a few seconds you’ll be presented with the full profile of the person you’re looking for, along with a method for sending them a message and getting in touch.

Compare this to the dental recruitment agencies and the difference is plain to see. However, there is good news because a new group have recently founded what might be considered a hybrid recruitment agency for dental surgeries and dental professionals. Effectively it combines the best of existing recruitment agencies with the concept of social networking, to provide the same kind of power you use to find an old school friend to tracking down the sort of dental job or candidate you’re after. Finally the world dental recruitment has caught up with the way the web works in the 21st century, and for anyone looking for dental vacancies it’s a welcome relief, and for dental surgeries the good news is that it’s completely free.

For further information on finding the best dental vacancies in the UK visit Dental Gateway, the new online alternative to traditional dental recruitment agencies.