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Veterinary Assistant Career Resources
Career Resources include sites that specifically relate to your career as a veterinary assistant. Find organizations to join and increase your networking abilities. Many of these organizations and associations have their own newsletters or magazines, job databases, and certification exams. You will also find links to other relevant web sites for your veterinary assistant career and books, software or journals that can help as you build your professional knowledge.
Explore online resources below in the following categories:
- Veterinary Assistant and Related Associations
- Veterinary Assistant Resources
- Job Resources for the Veterinary Assistant Career
- Books and Journals for the Veterinary Assistant Profession
Veterinary Assistant and Related Associations
American Animal Hospital Association • Keeps you up to date with the latest trends in veterinary medicine, develops your leadership skills, and helps you give back to your profession by improving the health of pets at a national level
American Veterinary Medicine Association • This association’s benefits include information resources, continuing education opportunities, quality publications, and discounts on personal and professional products, programs and services
Veterinary Assistant Resources
About.com • This site answers many questions about veterinary medicine, common diseases, and veterinary careers
Animal Care Equipment and Services • This site helps you deal with handling and capture, care and housing, and disease control
Veterinary Support Personnel Network • Membership is free, and you can gain access to community message boards and chat with those in veterinary assistant careers and other support staff
Job Resources for the Veterinary Assistant Career
Indeed Job Forum • Forum where you can ask questions and get friendly, constructive responses from fellow veterinary assistants, students and those looking to get into the profession
Veterinary Crossing • Search through veterinary assistant jobs gathered from multiple employer career pages, job boards, and news sources
Get Veterinary Assistant Jobs • Search for veterinary assistant jobs by state
iHireVeterinary • Search jobs by job title and/or zip code
Career Builder • Find available job openings and offers on this site
Veterinary Assistant Jobs.us • Job board that focuses exclusively on veterinary assistant employment opportunities and candidate recruiting
Books and Journals for the Veterinary Assistant Profession
Amazon.com • Check out the various titles available by typing “Veterinary Assistant” into the search bar
AVMA Journals • Journal of the AVMA and American Journal of Veterinary Research
