Career Assessment Part 1
By Debra Nickelson, D.V.M.
The following is a list of elements of an ideal career complied from numerous Center for Public and Corporate Veterinary Medicine (part of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine) Career Transition Workshops and presentations. Use this list to identify what is important to you.
- Animal interaction (yes or no)
- Benefits
- Challenging work
- Company has adequate resources
- Company is respected
- Company leadership
- Coworkers
- Customer interaction (yes or no)
- Flexibility
- Fulfilling work
- Hours
- Immediate management
- Job security
- Location (company base or home office)
- Meaningful work
- Opportunity for advancement
- Opportunity for professional growth
- Purpose of organization
- Salary
- Societal values of company
- Transferability of skills
- Travel (yes or no)
- Vacation
- Variety of work
- Work/life balance
List the top 5 that you value most (your must haves)
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List the next 5 items that you value.
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List the 5 that you value least
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Then the remaining 5 elements are probably not too important, or you feel neutral about them.
Keep this list and watch for the next part of Career Assessment.
Source: https://www.avma.org/education/tips-veterinary-jobseekers/career-transitions