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Career development in veterinary practice

Career development is a lifelong process that is unique for every individual. There are many influences that contribute to your career such as:

  • Who you are as an individual: This includes your self-concept, interests, skills, knowledge, personality, ethnicity, age, gender, ability, disability, health, beliefs and sexual orientation. For example, your choice of hobbies reflects your interests and abilities.
  • Your community: The community plays an important role in forming your identity, beliefs and attitudes. Members of your community can be your family, peers, friends or colleagues from your school or workplace, employers, the media, community groups and clubs. They can influence the lifestyle you want to aspire towards, the work you choose, the life roles you take on and what you value about yourself.
  • The environment and wider society: This refers to the opportunities or constraints caused by factors such as the region or location you live in (ie rural or metropolitan), what is happening in the employment market (eg are there job vacancies in your career field), your socio-economic status (eg do you have to consider financial commitments such as mortgages or children's education), historical trends (eg changes in women's participation in the workforce) and political decisions (eg government grants available for enterprise development).

Take a look at these Veterinary Practice Career Development Resources

Webcast - So you want to be the boss? - What are the options
Webcast - So you want to be the boss? - What are the options In this webcast, designed for potential veterinary practice owners, John Sheridan reviews the importance of understanding your own motives, refining the strategic opportunities and considering the various options for ownership.... . . . keep reading
Six Strategies to Overcome Adversity
Six Strategies to Overcome Adversity By every conventional measure, J. K. Rowling was mired in her darkest hour. Her exceptionally short-lived marriage had imploded. She had been sacked and was as poor as it was possible to be in modern Britain without being homeless. "By every .... . . . keep reading
When Recruiting Gets Easier, Selection Gets Tougher
When Recruiting Gets Easier, Selection Gets Tougher With the economy on the skids and unemployment figures on the rise it's clear that a lot of companies are shedding staff to protect their businesses. But if you are hiring then right now is one of the best times in recent years to do it... . . . keep reading
How to manage personality conflicts in practice
How to manage personality conflicts in practice The trite phrase, "personality conflicts," allows key issues to be ignored or defined out of existence in daily operations. To assist us, let's assume the following: The practice "vision" is current and vivid - it sets the direction for ... . . . keep reading
Practice Management Groups: Flexing the Muscles of Collaboration
Practice Management Groups: Flexing the Muscles of Collaboration Practice operators and managers put their heads together to solve problems, share knowledge and skills, create tools - and overcome isolation. Say your practice has a high staff turnover rate; freshly hired veterinary ... . . . keep reading
Self-Esteem: The Key to Productivity
Self-Esteem: The Key to Productivity Highlights from an article By Will Schutz originally selected and published by Jeff Thoren, DVM, ACC Picture this: From a large group you take six volunteers to another room. You select a trio of the six and, out of earshot of the other three, give them ... . . . keep reading
The 85% Solution:Choosing accountability - 3 steps to owning your success at work and in life
The 85% Solution:Choosing accountability - 3 steps to owning your success at work and in life How much of your success is up to you - your choices, your actions, your behaviours - versus outside conditions? If your mind-set is that you're at least 85% responsible for your success - and that just 15% could depend on the ... . . . keep reading
Mentoring Is the Miracle Grow for Your Business
Mentoring Is the Miracle Grow for Your Business In my first "proper" blog from the bottom of the earth (no that isn't meant to be offensive to my Australian colleagues). In fact, from what I've seen in my short time here so far, there is .. . . . keep reading
The dog's too fat - and so is the client: how to handle delicate consultations
The dog's too fat - and so is the client: how to handle delicate consultations All veterinary practitioners will, from time to time, be faced with having to discuss a diagnosis with a client that may potentially cause embarrassment or offence. Some pet owners may be upset by ... . . . keep reading
All You Care About Is the Money!
You expected her to be relieved--even grateful--that Bailey's loose tooth has been successfully extracted and he is ready to head home. The reality, however, is that Mrs. Smith is furious ... . . . keep reading
Employment Contract - Key Component Checklist
You can use this simple tool as a checklist when reviewing your contracts of employment for existing staff or drafting a contract for new staff members. It consists of a fifteen point checklist ... . . . keep reading
To be the boss - or not?
Remember those Looney Tunes episodes where Bugs (or Porky or Daffy) had an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other, and they were both trying to persuade him to do the ... . . . keep reading
The Six Step Action Plan to Grow Your Practice Profit and the Value of your Business by 50% Session 1 - Your Veterinary Business
My task for the ... . . . keep reading
The 6P's of Success
You've probably heard me say that the 6P's of success are Proper Planning Prevents Pretty Poor Performance and if you take a leaf out of my book pour yourself glass of your favourite.. . . . keep reading
Management Task Checklist
A management tool from Veterinary Business Briefing. It has been said that everyone in a veterinary practice has a responsibility for managing some of the practice resources. It's certainly . . . keep reading
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