February 2018 – How to job hunt as a student
Happy February everyone! This month has been a good one for me, consisting of an on-call week which wasn’t crazy, a weekend up at Glasgow for Old Boys which certainly was. As I was catching up with all my classmates up in Glasgow, we did the usual thing of comparing the ups and downs of new grad life, sharing horror stories and generally celebrating the fact we were in jobs we’ve wanted since we were children. However, at least three of my friends have already left their first jobs, with another looking to make a move; all contributing to that oft-quoted statistic of new grads spending on average one year in their first jobs. Between us I think we have come up with some useful advice for those of you starting to think about your futures beyond the safe confines of vet school. It was about this time last year that I started job hunting in earnest, before interviewing and accepting a position in April. I have friends who found jobs very quickly, and others that took a bit longer lo