Will Humphreys talks with Avni about hiring challenges in private practice: fewer graduates since COVID, retirements shrinking the workforce, and the difficulty finding people who share the practice's values. Avni's principle: hire slow, fire fast.
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February 12, 2025
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So let me ask you this, Avni. What were some of the. What are some of the challenges that you're currently facing as you're expanding?
Hiring is one of them.
Hiring?
Yes.
Everyone, I think, in the private practice space is going. Amen.
Exactly. Hiring. It is so hard to find.
You know, of course, there's a lot of shortage. There's a lot of need out there, a lot of job opportunities available. And the number of people that are graduating is less since COVID that has reduced. A lot of the people have retired. So hiring is our biggest challenge. And hiring the person that aligns with our values and our mission is even more challenging. As an entrepreneur, I have learned this the hard way. It is hard to find people. And so when you have somebody applying, you want to almost hire everybody that has the degree.
Amen.
Oh, she has the degree. She can do it. It. You know, we can train her teacher. But I've learned it the hard way that that's not the way to do it. Hire slow fire, fast if it does not work for your team.
Yes. And I think you obviously have lots of experience in this. I can always tell when I'm talking to a successful, seasoned leader, because that's the biggest lesson I think we learn, Avni, is, is the. The people, we. At first, we don't know how to screen or get a feel for people, but even in those stages, I look back, I kind of knew the nightmare people before I hired them.
