The Basics

Advertising vacancies on VetSurgeon Jobs is deliberately simple.

• Complete the form, press submit and your advert goes live on VetSurgeon.org for 60 days. It is also emailed to any subscribers whose search criteria your job meets, highlighted throughout VetSurgeon.org, and fed out to external social networks (Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter).
• At any time, you may return and edit your advertisement, delete it or see how it is performing, by clicking 'Manage your adverts'. However, editing and resubmitting your advert does not move it back up the list (there is no need, as our job list is geographically targeted).
• After your advertisement has expired, you may renew it as needed, which will then bump it back up to the top of the list.
• NO AGENCY ADVERTS, PLEASE, EXCEPT FOR JOBS IN INDUSTRY, WHICH ARE WELCOME.
• NO ADVERTS FOR VETERINARY NURSES, PLEASE. YOU MUST POST THEM OVER ON VETNURSE.CO.UK.

You will need

We've put a lot of thought and effort (not to mention money) into the design of VetSurgeon Jobs, so that it showcases your vacancy in an eye-catching and professional way. 

However, we also offer a number of features and suggestions designed to help you make your advertisement stand out further.

Before you begin, we recommend you read the results of a survey carried out by VetSurgeon.org in April 2016 which gives an insight into what candidates are looking for in a job.

Then make sure you have the following to hand:

• A photograph
  Photographs are optional, but help your entry stand out on our list of available vacancies and make the advertisement itself more engaging. As to what photograph you should use, you should be guided by two things:
  
  Firstly, our survey in which the majority of our respondents said they would be most interested in seeing a photo of the team they'll be working with, followed by clinical facilities or equipment, or the practice building.
  
  Secondly, it is a rule of advertising that imagery should always support the  message you are trying to convey. So if it is the bonded team, then show the team having fun together.
  
  Just remember that if you are illustrating your advertisement with a photograph of other people, you must have their permission.   
  
• Your logo
  In fact, 23.6% of our survey respondents said they would like to see the practice logo. Again, logos are optional, but add visual interest. You can display BOTH a photograph and a logo. If you do, then it's the photograph that appears in the list view of our job section.
• Your proposition
  Again, optional, but the objective here is to try and sum up the main reason why someone would want to come and work for you in one succinct sentence. You are allowed 72 characters (roughly 14 words) max.
  
  Again, you can be guided by some of the key words that the respondents in our survey suggested.
  
  Examples include:
  
  
  • Beautiful rural location, close-knit team, varied caseload
  • Opportunity for new grad to develop skills in a supportive environment
  • Develop your skills in our state-of-the-art referral practice
  • £60K, a Ferrari 488 and 52 weeks holiday per annum (well, maybe not)
  • Excellent work-life balance within a happy team.
  • Take charge of your own team
• Your location
  Sounds obvious, but make sure you provide as accurate a location as possible, ideally the postcode, as it defines who gets email alerts of your job and how it appears in subsequent searches.
  
• A credit or debit card
  We're not charging for this service yet, but we will be in due course.