The Veterinary Career Guide (VCG) is your global platform for building a meaningful, successful, and fulfilling veterinary career. Combining a practical career guidebook, interactive career development tools, and ongoing resources, VCG empowers veterinarians to explore career opportunities, gain clarity, make informed decisions, and build careers that align with their interests, strengths, goals, and purpose.
Veterinary Career Guide (VCG)
INTRODUCING THE BOOK
This book is your trusted roadmap to building a successful and fulfilling career in one of the world’s most vital, dynamic, and impactful professions.
INTRODUCING THE BOOK
Are you a veterinarian or veterinary student? Wondering which career path is the best fit for you? Seeking greater clarity, direction, growth, and fulfilment in your veterinary career?
More than a career guide, this book is a roadmap for navigating one of the world’s most diverse and impactful professions.
INCLUDED CAREER DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM
THE TOOLKIT
Included with every book purchase — an interactive online platform to assess fit, compare pathways, make decisions, and build your personalised career roadmap.
Discover which veterinary career paths align with your strengths, interests, and values through structured self-assessment.
Work through guided reflection exercises that help you gain clarity, challenge assumptions, and make confident career decisions.
Compare veterinary career pathways side by side — across sectors, roles, and global opportunities — in a clear visual format.
Build your personalised career roadmap, set milestones, and track your progress toward long-term fulfilment and success.
WHY VCG MATTERS
Veterinary medicine one of the world’s most vital, dynamic, and impactful professions. Yet many veterinary students and professionals receive limited guidance on how to effectively navigate related career pathways or access tailored career development resources.
VCG was created to help bridge this gap – empowering veterinarians to explore possibilities, gain clarity, make informed career decisions, and build careers that are meaningful, successful, and fulfilling.
ENDORESEMENTS
This book would have significantly shortened the time it took me to gain clarity about my career path.
Dr. Kikiope Oluwarore
Dr. Kikiope Oluwarore is a veterinarian, global One Health expert, researcher, and social entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience across animal health, public health, AMR, sustainable food systems, climate resilience, and digital health innovation. She is the Founder and Executive Director of One Health and Development Initiative (OHDI) and Founder of One Health Ventures (OHV), where she leads multidisciplinary initiatives focused on health systems strengthening, sustainable development, and technology-driven solutions across Africa and globally.
She holds a DVM degree from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Global Health and Infectious Diseases from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Dr. Oluwarore has consulted and collaborated with government, research, private sector, and global institutions (e.g. WHO, IFRC, AU-IBAR) across local, regional and international levels.
Passionate about the future of veterinary medicine, she strongly advocates for the growth, mentorship, visibility, and career development of veterinarians. Through the Veterinary Career Guide (VCG) platform, she aims to advance veterinary career development by providing practical guidance, mentorship, resources, and a global community for veterinarians at every career stage.
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