Career choices for veterinarians : beyond private practice /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Carin A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leavenworth, Wash. : Smith Veterinary Services, 1998.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Who should read this book?
  • Before you dive in
  • Using resource lists
  • Format of e-mail addresses and web sites
  • Accessing web sites and online services
  • Obtaining books and articles
  • Sample job announcements and pay ranges
  • Accuracy note
  • Abbreviations and terms
  • Organize your job search
  • Secrets of success: how to apply for any job
  • Your resume or cv
  • The Interview
  • The Avma Career Development Center
  • Veterinary exams and licensure
  • Jobs that don't require a license
  • The Long-range outlook for the veterinary profession.
  • Practicing veterinarian's required reading
  • Aren't I wasting my schooling if I'm, not in private practice?
  • Make a positive decision
  • What about going back to school?
  • Assess your skills and knowledge
  • Basic requirements for change
  • How you can get further education, skills, and knowledge
  • Explore your limits
  • Self-assessment questionnaire
  • Re-evaluate your limits
  • Traditional veterinary practice
  • Private practice
  • Small business
  • Corporate practice
  • Species variety
  • Alternative medicine
  • Veterinary specialists.
  • Starting your own business
  • Self-assessment questionnaire
  • Housecall practice
  • Relief veterinarian (locum tenens)
  • Consulting
  • Business consultants
  • Livestock consultants
  • Industry consultants
  • Computer-related jobs
  • Information services and computer software
  • Information services
  • Primate Information Center
  • National Agricultural library
  • Computer software
  • Informatics training
  • Writing, editing, and publishing
  • Freelance writer
  • Magazine articles
  • Technical writing
  • Writing for web sites, electronic mailing lists, or online servers
  • Writing a book
  • Magazine or journal editor
  • Publishing
  • Multimedia
  • Government positions
  • Media work: television and radio.
  • Careers in industry: companies that serve the veterinary profession
  • Technical or professional service
  • Research and development
  • Regulatory affairs and product development
  • Sales and marketing
  • Business development
  • International positions
  • Sample job announcements
  • Association and organization jobs
  • Association director
  • Animal welfare organizations
  • The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA)
  • The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)
  • International, volunteer and assistance work.
  • International programs at veterinary schools
  • International relief (locums) work
  • International consultant
  • Jobs related to the environment
  • Agencies and organizations with international positions
  • Heifer Project International (HPI)
  • Vet aid
  • The Peace Corps
  • Christian Veterinary Mission
  • Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance (VOCA)
  • Rotary Club International
  • People to People Citizen Ambassador Program
  • The United Nations
  • Intership Program
  • Peacekeeping operations
  • World Health Organization (WHO) and Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
  • Other overseas opportunities.
  • Teaching jobs
  • College teaching or advising positions
  • Working for a veterinary technology program
  • Educator
  • Director
  • Government jobs
  • Overview
  • Working for the city, state, or county government
  • City or county jobs
  • Public health veterinarian
  • Animal shelter veterinarian
  • Animal care facility inspector
  • State jobs
  • Department of Public Health
  • Department of Agriculture
  • Management and supervisory positions
  • Animal disease control
  • State veterinarian
  • Animal health veterinarian
  • Veterinary medical officer
  • Extension service
  • Extension educator.
  • Working for the federal government
  • US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
  • APHIS Public Veterinary Practice Career Program
  • APHIS animal care
  • APHIS veterinary services
  • Support staff
  • Staff veterinarian
  • Emergency services
  • Import-export
  • Quarantine facility veterinarian
  • Animal health
  • Field service
  • International positions
  • Port veterinarian
  • Epidemiologist
  • Area veterinarian in charge
  • Science and technical units
  • Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health (CEAH)
  • Center for Animal Disease Information and Analysis (CADIA)
  • Center for Animal Health Monitoring (CAHMS).
  • Center for Emerging Issues (CEI)
  • Information Technology Service
  • Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB)
  • Other APHIS jobs
  • Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
  • Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
  • Office of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis (ORACBA)
  • Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
  • Public Health Service (PHS)
  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  • Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • CDC training and fellowships
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH).
  • Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
  • National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML) and Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
  • Us agency for international development (usaid)
  • Usaid fellowships
  • Veterans Administration (VA)
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • Canadian Animal Health
  • Canadian Food Inspection Agency
  • Jobs in politics
  • The Uniformed services
  • Air Force Biomedical Sciences Corps
  • Army Veterinary Corps
  • Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
  • Part-time work in the uniformed services.