Reminder: AG-VET MED has 5 copies of the AAHA Associate's Survival Guide 2005, Samuel M. Fassig, DVM, MA, Editor --SF756.4.V4 (Includes resumes, cover letters, interviewing, negotiation, compensation, employment contracts)

Resume and CV Writing Help | Internships, Externships and Residencies
Veterinary Employment Sites | Recruiters, Corporations, Employment Agencies, or Other

Resumes

• Resume and Curriculum Vitae Writing Tips (NCSU CVM)
• Career Services and Resources for Students and Graduate Veterinarians (UC DAVIS)
• Career Resources (UIUC CVM)
  
• Anatomy of a Resume: How to Present Yourself (VET Recruiter)
• The Damn Good Resume Guide: A Crash Course in Resume Writing by Yana Parker (AgVet Med Library Stacks HF5383.P35 2002)
• AVMA Career Center -- Job Seekers FAQs
• Iowa State CVM -- Career and Placement -- Job Resource Site
  
• WSU CVM Resume and Cover Letter Self-help
• WSU CVM Job Search Packet
• Writing a Resume (OSU CVM)
• Career Development Tools (AAVMC--registration is free)
  
  
  

Internships, Externships, and Residencies

• AAVC Veterinary Internship and Residency Matching Program.
• AAEP Avenues Internship/Externship Database
• Academy of Rural Veterinarians Externships
• APHIS--Veterinary Services Internships and Exterships
  • FAQs about applying for an APHIS Internship/Externship using USAJOBS
    

Veterinary Employment Sites

Associations - National, State, Speciality

• AVMA/NOAH - AVMA members can see JAVMA classifieds a week before publication.
• State Veterinary Medical Associations -- Most have a classifieds or Help Wanted sections available to nonmembers.
• AVMA Veterinary Career Center
• American Association of Equine Practitioners
• Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians
• Association of Rural Veterinarians
• USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) How to Apply for a Job as a Public Health Veterinarian
• Jobs in Veterinary Medicine (AAVMC)
• Veterinary Specialty Organizations -- some list jobs on their Web sites
• APHIS (Animal Plant Health Inspection Service)
  Note: See Info Center Tab for How to Use USA JOBS to apply
  
  
  
  

Recruiters, Corporations, Employment Agencies, or Other

• VetQuest - Part of the Veterinary Information Network, the classified veterinary advertisements include positions open, positions wanted, veterinary technician positions, and equipment.
• VCA Antech - Provides veterinary medicine and diagnostic services in 34 states (formerly Veterinary Centers of America).
• VetNetAmerica
• The VetRecruiter
• DVM Newsmagazine
• Veterinary Practice News
• Vetlearn.com (classified from the Compendium, Veterinary Forum, and Veterinary Technician)
• Banfield, The Pet Hospital -- Career Information

Veterinary Practice Management--books, Web sites, associations, etc

• Associate's Survival Guide 2005, Samuel M. Fassig, DVM, MA, Editor --SF756.4.V4
• NCVEI-- National Commission on Veterinary Economic Issues--includes tools for Students
• VBMA--Veterinary Business Management Association
• The Unknown Road Ahead: A New Veterinarian's Survival Primer (Veterinary Practice Consultants) -- SF756.4.U55 2003
• Books by Carin Smith are recommended, including:
  • Client Satisfaction Pays -- SF756.4.C65 1998
  • The Housecall Veterinarian's Manual -- SF745.S6 1999
  • The Relief Veterinarian's Manual -- SF748.S65 1995
• Books by Thomas Catanzaro and Shawn P. Messonnier on practice management are also recommended

To find more books, search the UT LIbraries' catalog for veterinary medicine practice or browser in the SF745-SF756 call number area in the stacks.

Updated March 31, 2008 by Ann Viera, CVM Reference Librarian
865.974.9015, or annviera