Vet Tech Resume Advice

[lolobend86]

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Hi there 😳D

When I was in high school I started out as a kennel assistant at my local clinic. I worked at that clinic all through college also as a vet tech. (not certified) Since graduating college (09) Ive worked as a research scientist...so I've been out of the game for about 2-3 years. I was interested in getting a part time job at a local clinic in NJ (where I live now)...any thoughts on how I could approach this? When I worked as a tech I did everything from blood draws to monitor during surgery and everything in between..I'm just concerned that its been awhile since I have worked as a vet tech so....I dont know how to present myself...should it be as yes I can do it or yes I HAVE done it in the past? Any advice would be much appreciated 😳)

 

[Chinola]

Hi there 😳D

When I was in high school I started out as a kennel assistant at my local clinic. I worked at that clinic all through college also as a vet tech. (not certified) Since graduating college (09) Ive worked as a research scientist...so I've been out of the game for about 2-3 years. I was interested in getting a part time job at a local clinic in NJ (where I live now)...any thoughts on how I could approach this? When I worked as a tech I did everything from blood draws to monitor during surgery and everything in between..I'm just concerned that its been awhile since I have worked as a vet tech so....I dont know how to present myself...should it be as yes I can do it or yes I HAVE done it in the past? Any advice would be much appreciated 😳)

If you're concerned that your skills may be rusty why don't you try volunteering at a shelter before applying to vet clinics? That way you can see exactly how rusty you are before you apply.

 

[libster06]

I don't think that you absolutely forget EVERYTHING you know as a veterinary technician after not having done it for a few years that would reduce you to a brand new untrained technician. How long did you work as a tech before? If you have a good amount of experience in the past, I think places will look well on that. If you're uop front about not having worked as a tech in a couple of years, you may do less at the beginning and observe/re-train more with other technicians, but I'm sure it will come back to you once you start doing it again.

 

[Dsmoody23]

I don't think that you absolutely forget EVERYTHING you know as a veterinary technician after not having done it for a few years that would reduce you to a brand new untrained technician. How long did you work as a tech before? If you have a good amount of experience in the past, I think places will look well on that. If you're uop front about not having worked as a tech in a couple of years, you may do less at the beginning and observe/re-train more with other technicians, but I'm sure it will come back to you once you start doing it again.

That strategy worked for me.

I took two years off to work nights so I could pay for undergrad, and had basically no tech work for that entire period.

When I started looking again, I made it super clear to potential employers that I was definitely rusty, and would need a few weeks to get back up to speed. None of them had any problem with that.

I actually think that it helped me, with my current employer. Every clinic likes being able to inoculate you with their way of doing things, and that's a lot harder if you're already set in your ways from a recent, previous job.

 

[libster06]

Every clinic likes being able to inoculate you with their way of doing things, and that's a lot harder if you're already set in your ways from a recent, previous job.

Very true! You could probably adapt to the future clinic better rather than going from one clinic directly to another still stuck in your old ways from the old clinic.

 

[RadRadTerp]

inculcate

(sorry, couldn't help it.)

 

[Dsmoody23]

inculcate

(sorry, couldn't help it.)

Duly noted, although I had too look it up.

And found this fun factoid:

"Origin of INCULCATE

Latin inculcatus, past participle of inculcare, literally, to tread on, from in- + calcare to trample, from calc-, calx heel"

To tread on, or trample with knowledge.

That sounds almost exactly what my first few weeks back felt like.

 

[twelvetigers]

TUBER CALCANEI

*twitch*