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The Secret Ingredients that allowed me to create a successful career in the UK without any previous experience
Although "success" means something different for everyone, I would say that I was able to become a competent and confident vet during the development of my career in the UK. I didn't think of my journey as much of a difficult journey, but I realised that I've had a...
Six Mistakes That Prevent You From Finding a Good Job and Creating a Successful Clinical Career
Moving to the UK is not as easy as your friends make you think. Sure, once you’ve done it and are looking back, it doesn’t sound that hard... But after speaking to dozens of vets that struggled to make their move into a success and many others that eventually overcame...
Veterinary Mindset
Who’s Taking the Wheel of your Life? There’s one big realisation that you must come to, and it’s something that you must experience - it doesn’t matter if you “read” it or if you “think” it. It’s the realisation that there is a voice in your head, and that voice is...
The Journey of the Veterinary Surgeon
What you must know about how life’s going to change when you decide to work as a vet in the UK In the UK, the veterinary profession is highly regarded. Among many other factors, non-UK trained vets consider moving their careers to the UK to gain experience,...
Why the UK is a fantastic place to work as a vet – a perspective from “down under”
Today's article is brought to you by Kat, who has her own website called "The Runaway Vet". Kat shares with you the perspective of someone that has moved to the UK from an English-speaking country (Australia) and some of the positive aspects of a British career. The...
Camilla Edwards: Setting up a veterinary business in the UK
“Real Life Journeys” This week we talk to Camilla, a Danish Vet who has set up a website for first opinion small animal vets with ultrasound questions. Setting up a veterinary business in the UK Camilla Edwards is a Danish/British vet who grew up in...
Current Trends in the Veterinary Market Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
The world is changing at a pace faster than ever and the COVID-19 pandemic is propelling this. For those of us living outside the UK but wanting to travel to the UK, the world is about to change even more. This article is an opinion article based on observations and...
How to improve your English language skills
“My English is not very good”. This is one of the most common worries that I hear when speaking to vets from all over the world. In many cases, this is not true at all, but there are a few reasons why we experience this: Comparing to our own native language, we know...
Five traits in overseas vets that we can use to impress UK employers
You have probably realised by now that overseas vets have to prove themselves twice as hard as native vets, regardless of the country we are talking about! But there are also some specific traits we have as overseas vets that we can use to our advantage, particularly...