9 ways to get "Hire Ready" in 2021 by starting today

Today we’re going to look at how you can get hire ready in 2021.

This episode is for you if: 

1.       you think it’s about time you had a pay rise and you’re planning on asking for one; or

2.       you think it’s about time you changed employers – it doesn’t matter why – what’s important is the thought is going through your mind; or

3.       you think it’s about time you had some more work life balance, so you’re going to become a locum veterinarian; or

4.       you’re after work-life balance and are going to start looking for part time jobs.

9 WAYS TO GET HIRE READY - UPDATE YOUR LINKEDIN PROFILE &/OR YOUR CV

#1 – your profile photo 

#2 – your contact details 

#3 – your personalised LI URL 

#4 – your professional title or label

#5 – LI profile matches that of your CV

#6 – correct grammar and punctuation

#7 – highlight & emphasise the impact you’ve made 

#8 – list your SKILLS separately 

#9 – customise your CV and cover letter to each application you make  

Could Your Kind of People recognise Their Kind of Clinic?

A job ad may catch a vet’s or nurse’s eye. But it’s their own due diligence that determines whether they apply—or keep in touch.

Culture Story Centres turn real experiences from inside your team into credible, discoverable recruitment evidence, giving vets and nurses meaningful reasons to choose your clinic.

Explore Culture Story Centres for veterinary clinics

Why do locums earn more?

This is the third of a three part series about locuming – whether it’s for you or not – things to consider.  

This week we’re going to look at why it appears locums earn more per hour than employees doing the same job inside a clinic.

This episode is for you if you’re about to start out as a locum or you’re employed at a clinic and maybe feeling a little resentful because a locum might, at first glance, be earning a truckload more per hour than your clinic is paying you.

This is Julie South - host of Paws Claws and Wet Noses.

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Links mentioned during this episode

Inland Revenue – cashed-up leave payments 

Could Your Kind of People recognise Their Kind of Clinic?

A job ad may catch a vet’s or nurse’s eye. But it’s their own due diligence that determines whether they apply—or keep in touch.

Culture Story Centres turn real experiences from inside your team into credible, discoverable recruitment evidence, giving vets and nurses meaningful reasons to choose your clinic.

Explore Culture Story Centres for veterinary clinics

Are you wondering if locuming’s for you?

 If you’re thinking of chucking in your day job to pick up the Instagram-glamorous lifestyle of the footloose and fancy free, high rolling life of the locum, then this episode is for you!

Here are 11 considerations I recommend you take into account before you rush to hand in your resignation:

#1 – unpredictability 

#2 – admin

#3 – follow up and follow through

#4 – have lots of referees

#5 - >3 years post grad experience

#6 – you need to be a people person

#7 – travel & nights away

#8 – you need to be able to say “no” 

#9 – money in the bank – Rainy Day Funds

10 – nowhere to call home

#11 – test drive a new job

Could Your Kind of People recognise Their Kind of Clinic?

A job ad may catch a vet’s or nurse’s eye. But it’s their own due diligence that determines whether they apply—or keep in touch.

Culture Story Centres turn real experiences from inside your team into credible, discoverable recruitment evidence, giving vets and nurses meaningful reasons to choose your clinic.

Explore Culture Story Centres for veterinary clinics

This is the first in a 3-part series about veterinary locums – either working as one or hiring one in your clinic.   

This episode is purpose built if you're a veterinary professional who's already a locum (or thinking about becoming a locum) and to veterinary clinics that hire locums.   

Employees and independent self-employed contractors each have different legal rights.

It’s important you know what these are and that you’re being hired (or doing the hiring) using the correct criteria as it relates to you. 

It covers the four legal tests that differentiate between an employee and an independent self employed contractor and how to know which one applies to you.

Could Your Kind of People recognise Their Kind of Clinic?

A job ad may catch a vet’s or nurse’s eye. But it’s their own due diligence that determines whether they apply—or keep in touch.

Culture Story Centres turn real experiences from inside your team into credible, discoverable recruitment evidence, giving vets and nurses meaningful reasons to choose your clinic.

Explore Culture Story Centres for veterinary clinics