Vet & Pet Jobs eNews #59

In this week’s Vet & Pet Jobs eNews…

• This Weeks’ Featured Jobs
• How To Write The Perfect Veterinary Job Ad
• Join Our Regional Facebook Groups
• Our Snapshot Of Vet & Pet News From Around The Web

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Veterinary & Pet Job Opportunities

Your dream job and next career step working with animals is only a few clicks away. Find a career working with animals in a variety of fields from Vet Jobs to Vet Nurses Jobs, Vet Practice Manager Jobs and more; and in Pet Care there are opportunities in Pet Retail Management and Customer Service as well as for Groomers, Trainers, and Territory Sales roles.

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And now for this weeks’ blog…

How To Write The Perfect Veterinary Job Ad

With the generally recognised shortage of Vets and Vet Nurses, particularly in regional areas, attracting, retaining and developing your team has never been more important. Whilst focussing on retention and development is essential, when it comes time to recruit your next team member, as an Owner, Partner or Practice Manager, today you have to sell yourself and your practice.

Remember, it is called a Job AD…and like all good ads, it is there to entice people to action, not do the entire sales job. All you really want to happen is for you to receive plenty of resumes; having too many to choose from is a much better problem than having one…or none.

An effective job ad is not just a job description. It is a carefully crafted message with the aim of attracting the best qualified candidates for your job.

We have worked our way through a wide range of Job Ads, through our own site as well as others, identifying what works, and what does not work, when it comes to writing a Job Ad that works.

Now, here are some well-researched Do’s and Don’t’s…

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And Now, From Around The Web…

Veterinary medicine making great strides with 3D printing
Dr. Michelle Oblak, a veterinary surgical oncologist at the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College replaced 70 percent of a dog’s skull using a 3D printed titanium skull cap. Video.

Studies advance regenerative therapies for equine patients
Researchers at the University of Georgia have found that a novel stem cell culture medium works as well as the traditional culture medium and may improve outcomes in equine patients, according to a release from Morris Animal Foundation, the organization that funded the study

Veterinarians and Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs
According to Kara Slusser, director of the Indiana Scheduled Prescription Electronic Collection and Tracking (INSPECT) program, Indiana Professional Licensing Agency, Indianapolis, 49 states now have prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs).

Glasgow vets save Great Dane – with its own blood
A HUGE Great Dane has been saved from death by vets who used his own blood in a pioneering transfusion. Four-year-old Merlin had lost more than five pints of blood and only a cell-salvage procedure, being used in Scotland for the first time, prevented him from dying.

Flea, Tick Products Linked to Neurologic Adverse Events
The FDA released an alert this week warning veterinarians and pet owners of the potential for neurologic adverse events in dogs and cats treated with isoxazoline flea and tick preventives. FDA-approved products in this class include Bravecto, Nexgard, Credelio, and Simparica. Data received by the FDA, as part of its routine postmarketing activities, indicates that some animals receiving these flea and tick products have experienced adverse events such as muscle tremors, ataxia, and seizures.

The latest on the USA Veterinary Nurse Initiative
The success of the Veterinary Nurse Initiative depends on whether a group with nothing to do with the veterinary profession gets to say no.Yet nine different healthcare professions use the word ‘doctor.’

Veterinary Surgeon Preferences for CCL Repair Methods
An online survey collected data on each surgeon’s training, board certification status, primary area of practice, and preferred method of repair. Additionally, each surgeon was asked which procedure and which of the following implant materials they felt would have the highest and lowest incidence of major complications.

Local ranchers give land and cattle worth $44M to University of Calgary’s School of Veterinary Medicine
The university’s School of Veterinary Medicine has been given a sprawling cattle ranch near Cochrane to be used for research and teaching as well as for community outreach.

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Here at Vet & Pet Jobs, our listings of Veterinarian jobs, Vet Technician jobs, Vet Nurse jobs, Vet Hospital  Manager jobs and  Relief Vet Locum jobs in Australia makes the process of Vet Job hunting fast and easy. And for Pet Care professionals our listings of Pet Retail jobs, Pet Management jobs and Pet Marketing and Sales jobs make it easy to pursue your passion for working with pets and animals.

Before you know it you’ll be starting a new job in an exciting Vet Hospital, Vet Clinic or in Pet Retail, and it all starts with a click.

And for Veterinary Hospitals, Vet Clinics and Pet Companies, post your Ad for Veterinarians, Vet Technicians, Vet Hospital Managers, Pet Retail, Management and Marketers and more. Find the best candidates and grow your professional team. Register and post your Job Ad today.