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Vetlink Employment Service How to Apply

Your applications should consist of:

1. A covering letter

2. Vetlink Questionnaire

3. CV/Resume

Please email your completed applications to Vetlink. If possible please email

the documents as Word documents.

1. Covering Letter

Although you can send a generic letter we recommend you prepare a separate

letter for each position applied for, addressing each job individually.

Example

Your address

Date

Dear Sir/Madam, (or name of practice manager if known)

Please accept this letter as my application for the small animal position

located one hour of South of Sydney. (Job number: )

Add several paragraphs explaining why you are interested in and

suitable for the position. You may also wish to outline the benefits of

employing you.

Please also include any other relevant information.

Yours sincerely,

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PO Box 22, North Fremantle

Perth, Western Australia 6159

Phone: 08 9430 9990

Fax: 08 9430 9994

Free Call: 1800 991 993

Email:[email protected]
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.vetlink.com.au/


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Your name.

2. Vetlink Questionnaire

Please complete and return the attached questionnaire. This questionnaire

forms part of your application package and will be forwarded by us to potential

employers.

3. CV/Resume

Please include:

Your name

Contact details

Secondary education (high school)

Tertiary education

Undergraduate work history

Veterinary practical experience

Referees:

Please do not use friends or relatives as referees

Please provide a minimum of two referees

For each referee please provide:

- Name of referee

- Name of practice/organisation, address, telephone number and

email address

- Your relationship with the referee e.g. ex employer.

E.g.

Dr Jo Bloggs (practice owner)

Happy Animal Veterinary Hospital

123 Brown Rd,Brighton, Victoria

Tel 03 9876 2222

Mob 0412 863 166

[email protected]

50% small animal 50% equine practice

I undertook practical work with Dr Bloggs for two weeks in July this year.

mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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Submitting your application

Please return your application documents to us and do not forward your application

direct to the practice yourself. Please email your application documents to Vetlink

as word documents.

Keep in mind that potential employers, as well as the staff at Vetlink, will read your

application/s so ensure that you carefully check your application for spelling and

grammatical errors.

What happens next?

Once we have received your application/s we will contact your referees and put

your applications through for the positions you have applied for. If a practice

manager/owner is interested in your application they may either call you direct or

ask us to contact you.

Practice References

At our request, practice owners/managers will often supply us with the contact

details of current and/or ex employees who are willing to act as referees for the

practice. If a practice owner/manager expresses an interest in your application and

contacts you please let us know. We can forward the contact details of the referee

for the practice to you. We suggest you contact these vets to find out more about

the practice from an employees perspective.

Accepting a Position

Please consider a job offer carefully before accepting.

When you have made a decision whether to accept a placement or not please let us

know your decision as soon as possible.



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Vetlink QuestionnaireCandidate:

1. Your career goals in the next 1-3 years:

2. Your availability for an interview:

3. Your availability to start a new position:

4. How long would you like to stay in your first position?

5. Interests outside veterinary science:

6. What are your strengths?

7. What are your weaknesses?

8. Please provide us with a brief summary of your background:

9. Visa status (if not a citizen of the country):

10.Please comment on your state of health:

11.Do you have any medical conditions or physical injuries that could affect

your ability to work?

12.Do you hold a current drivers licence?


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