Vet Times

Tag: recruitment

  • No need for vet nurses?

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    A fellow Vetsonline blogger, Will Easson, recently wrote a post about the potential impact of an increased number of vet grads, in which he kindly remembered veterinary nurses. (Editor’s note: In his post “Recruitment and retention“, Will suggests that the increasing number of UK graduates searching for employment could result not just in a scarcity of…

  • Where are all the RVNs?

    Where are all the RVNs?

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    I have perused VN Times, Veterinary Times, recruitment websites, and spoken to those in practice, but am left with one question: where are all the RVNs? A recent issue of Veterinary Times had 20 vacancies for the south-east of England alone! In 2008 the BBC stated there were 16,000 “nurses” in practice (Lantra 2008 survey), yet the…

  • Recruitment and retention

    Recruitment and retention

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    The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) recently commissioned a study to counter the arguments against new vet schools opening to show that the employment situation in the profession is still good. I have no argument with what it found: that most, if not all vets looking for jobs are employed very quickly. At the…

  • David and Goliath

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    Like many of us I take an interest in the happenings of the RCVS and its disciplinary committees. This is becoming an even deeper interest as I work through a Masters degree in law; I am seeing how other professions regulate themselves and are regulated too. Having said that, I am still at the level…