About the Author
Talent Territory columnist Stacy Pursell is the founder and CEO of The Vet Recruiter. She is a workplace and workforce expert who has served the animal health industry and veterinary profession for nearly 25 years.
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Practice Management
Efficiency’s Role in 2026 and Beyond
Productivity must be driven by purpose, informed by insight and applied intentionally.
Human Resources
How a Strategic Approach to Recruitment Impacts Your Practice
Hiring the right veterinarian is about more than just filling a vacancy. A strategic approach to recruitment can directly impact a practice’s profitability, client satisfaction and long-term success.
Practice Management
Master Hiring and Veterinary Team Retention Strategies Now
Should you invest in hiring or retention? If done correctly, both contribute to a veterinary practice’s long-term success.
Human Resources
Money Can’t Buy Happiness
Today’s veterinarians look beyond the paycheck when deciding where to work.
Human Resources
How Efficient Are Your Hiring Practices?
Find out what’s working and identify areas for improvement.
Human Resources
Don’t Sell Yourself Short
You must first identify your practice’s value proposition before you can effectively market it to job candidates and employees.
Human Resources
Outsmarting AI
Learn to spot job applicants who lie about their abilities or employ artificial intelligence to enhance their resumes.
Human Resources
A Guide to Hiring for Potential in Your Practice
Simple ways to embrace hiring for potential and build a team that thrives.
Human Resources
How Not to Misfire on New Hires
Errors made during recruiting and screening can leave you with an employee you’ll regret.
Human Resources
How to Get New Hires to Stay
The employee experience is everything, starting with the promises made during recruiting.
Human Resources
How to Audit Your Recruiting Process
Do you treat job candidates like VIPs or nobodies? It’s all part of your hospital’s brand.
Human Resources
Bad Things Happen If You’re Slow to Hire
The cost of unfilled job positions goes well beyond lost revenue opportunities.
Human Resources
From Bad to Worse
Taking the time to make a good hiring decision saves money in the long run.
Human Resources
A Brand-New You
Job candidates know much more about your business than you think, so work on improving your veterinary practice’s reputation and staying true to it.
Human Resources
Collaboration, Not Competition
Recruiters find more success filling veterinary job openings when they team up with someone on the other side.
Human Resources
Let’s Make a Deal — Cooperatively
Negotiating aggressively during a job interview might generate feelings of unfairness. The opposite approach can be a win-win for both sides.
Personal/Professional Development
How to Land an Industry Job
Ideally, your resume will get you a face-to-face interview, either virtually or in person.
Human Resources
How to negotiate a starting salary
How can a veterinarian effectively negotiate in today’s job market? The answer depends on many things, some within a person’s control and some that are not.
Human Resources
An Uphill Job
If you’re struggling to find — and hire — an associate veterinarian for your practice, get to work fixing the problem. You can do it.





