Tough times

It used to be that job security was almost a guarantee and being a dentist was an exemption from the uncertainty of job security.  Nowadays, with the implementation of national recruitment and only limited dental foundation training posts, UK graduates are being pushed out by the competition.

Dentists are all too soon hit with reality after graduating and this has a negative effect across the country for young dentists.  There are reports that there are too many dentists for the positions available in the UK.  Principals are inundated with stacks of CVs and applications when a dental associate position becomes available. 

The higher education establishments have been rumored to soon cut the number of applicants to dental school to compensate for the amount of dentists searching for jobs. Recently due to the surge of the number of dentists in the UK, more and more dentists are applying for an SHO or DF2/DCT position because the associate market is saturated.  Hospital positions are now more competitive than ever and applicants have to really stand out from the crowd to a get a position.