Dental Hygienist with no experience!!

I just finished school, and its very sad because every dentist wants an "experienced R.D.H"..how am I gonna get experience if they don't give me the opportunity???? and I have been a dental assistant for a long time, so I know how everything works. Its really sad, they don't even want a resume if you are not experienced :(

qbangirl in Fort Lauderdale, Florida said: I just finished school, and its very sad because every dentist wants an "experienced R.D.H"..how am I gonna get experience if they don't give me the opportunity???? and I have been a dental assistant for a long time, so I know how everything works. Its really sad, they don't even want a resume if you are not experienced :(

Try temp agencies to get experience in many different practices. Also, inform the Dentist of your vast experience as a Dental Assistant PRIOR to becoming an R.D.H. Sorry, but I hear the job market in FLA is as bad as the Northeast (MA,NH, CT, RI).

Also try walking in your resume and ask if you can leave it in case anything opens up. A face to face first impression means a lot. You may have to take an asst position to hear of an office needing a hygienist. Once you get your foot in the door, it will get easier. I feel for all the new grads out here with those of us with many years of experience who cannot find jobs either. We are all in a sinking boat. Just this weekend I had lunch with 5 friends who are unemployed hygienists and 2 more who hate where they are at but can't leave because there's no where to go!

It's very hard being a hygienist fresh out of school. We have all experienced the difficulties getting a job right out of school. The best way to get experience and your foot in the door is to work for a temping agency. Eventually someone will hire you permanently so don't worry to much.