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      Definitely agree with Taylor - always do short phone interviews first. You can hear how they speak and you can ask questions to weed out the ones who aren't really interested. Even though I have the shift time listed and the pay listed, I would have ...

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      I second Martin's suggestion - NxVet is truly groundbreaking in it's capabilities. There are some incredible benefits beyond just great voice recording and integration - because it is on all the time it provides data insights that you would never obtain ...

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      Following! I'm really curious about this as well since EASE has been something I've looked into previously but not using yet ------------------------------ Tara Oram Hospitals Operations Manager Bluebonnet Animal Hospital Austin TX 512-980-6555 t.oram@bluebonnetah.com ...

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      We've played Jeopardy (educational categories and fun categories), Vets Against Insanity, What's On My Scrubs, several different personality tests, team building exercises (see list below), and even had scavenger hunts just for fun around the office. ...

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      For employee pricing, we use the model of 20% off of services and cost + 10% for products. Keeping this in mind, how would you price things like radiographs, therapy laser, etc. for employees? A 20% discount on a service that they are performing on ...

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      Speed Queens for the win! Get the lowest, most mechanical top loading model you can get.(usually the cheapest as well). These are fixable if needed. I have had very few problems. The biggest problem I had was with my home Speed Queen washer- the motor ...

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      Hi all, I just brought on a new associate and am having a hard to recalculating my inventory reorder points and amounts with the new doctor. Does anyone have any advice or formula they use to calculate this? ------------------------------ Lindsey ...

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      This message was posted by a user wishing to remain anonymous Hi, As a daughter of a selling owner I was very much opposed to it at first, but I knew my dad needed a way out and he had clinic debt to pay on the way out which is why we went with corporate. ...

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