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Your DVM Career
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Target your market

September 1, 2004

Research can help you decide which field to go into and is a way to develop a list of your target organizations. Then you will decide how to contact them, and you'll measure your progress against your list.

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Job market: hot or not?

September 1, 2004

Veterinary positions are projected to increase for all veterinary occupations through 2012, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Veterinarians held approximately 58,000 jobs in 2002, providing a good base for new graduates to select from regionally and financially.

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What is negotiable?

September 1, 2004

Everything's negotiable. That doesn't mean you'll get it, but it is negotiable. First, think of what is important to you. Make a personal list of what you must have vs. what you want in your first job. Decide where you can be flexile, but also know the issues that are deal breakers for you.

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Are you a workaholic?

April 1, 2004

You know the type. You might even be the type—the DVM who routinely puts in 12-plus hour days, never takes vacations, can't bear to delegate, feels anxious and purposeless when not on the job.

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UM food animal venture targets undergrads

April 1, 2004

St. Paul, Minn.—The University of Minnesota's (UM) College of Veterinary Medicine has unveiled an endeavor to recruit students with food animal interest earlier in their academic career.

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Accountability

April 1, 2004

Accountability is responsibility taken to the next level.

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Internships, residencies continue practicle education

April 1, 2004

Internships can be in either large or small animal medicine and surgery, but rarely in a specific discipline.

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Specialists are new graduate's ally

April 1, 2004

At some point early in a new graduate's career, he or she will stumble upon a patient case that's hardly the textbook variety.

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What kind of insurance do you need?

April 1, 2004

As graduating veterinary students trade caps and gowns for lab coats and clients, most will find their medical training helps little when choosing personal and professional insurance.

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