I want to bring to your attention that all of you should consider wearing sun glasses because your future is so bright.  The following web site at the US Department of Labor features the Occupational Outlook for veterinary technologists and technicians.  Job prospects are excellent for you.  The number of graduates is not expected to meet demand.

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos183.htm

The next paragraph is a direct quote from the article.

“Veterinary technologists also will enjoy excellent job opportunities due to the relatively few graduates from 4- year programs—about 500 annually. However, unlike veterinary technicians who usually work in private clinical practice, veterinary technologists will have better opportunities for research jobs in a variety of settings, including biomedical facilities, diagnostic laboratories, wildlife facilities, drug and food manufacturing companies, and food safety inspection facilities.”

This message is only to encourage you that you have chosen an excellent career, and to encourage you to look at all the opportunities that will come your way.

The traditional career of a veterinary technician usually involves going to work in a small animal, large animal or mixed animal veterinary practice. With the emergence of specialties there are many more options to choose from. There are clinics specializing in ophthalmics, orthopedics, equines, exotics and emergency medicine, to name a few, and all of them are hiring both two-year and four-year graduate veterinary technicians.  Some of you will probably focusing on working in a private veterinary practice, which is good.   

The Veterinary Technology program at NDSU maintains a Current Job Openings page in which all announcements are kept and can be viewed by anyone with access to this web site. There are also a number of web sites dedicated to helping veterinary technicians find jobs. Those sites can be viewed on the NAVTA web site, under Career Development. Click on the words NAVTA web site to access this site.

If you have a job opening you can fill out the form below and send it to Teresa Sonsthagen. She will post your Job Opening on this website. This is a month by month posting, so if you haven't filled position and would like the post to be moved ahead a month fill out the form below with that information.

If you have a job opening you can fill out the form below and send it to Teresa Sonsthagen. She will post your Job Opening on this website. This is a month by month posting, so if you haven't filled position and would like the post to be moved ahead a month fill out the form below with that information.

Salaries vary for both the veterinarian and the veterinary technician. The average hourly wage for most new veterinary technology graduates is between $10 and $15 per hour. Depending on the area of the country you plan on living the salaries can be higher or lower. We encourage our students to fill out a comprehensive budget plan, which is provided to them, in order to determine what they need for a salary to make a living. With the shortage of graduate technicians there is enough competition to drive salaries higher and to have some bargaining power if more than one employer is seeking to hire you. With a BS degree in veterinary technology you will also qualify to apply for many jobs in business, industry, research and government.

To view a complete Salary survey which is taken every year from our graduates click on the word Salary Survey in the left hand column. If you are an NDSU graduate and would like to download and take the 2009 survey and send it back electronically click on the words Salary Survey in the left hand column to go to that page.

 Click  Here  for Current Job Openings