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Megan Sprinkle: [00:00:00] What's the best job of 2025 according to Indeed? Veterinarian. Honestly, I was surprised by this title and I think it's an interesting perspective from a non veterinary centric platform. By the way, welcome to Vet Life Reimagined. We just wrapped up a three part series with veterinary experts sharing their predictions for vet med in 2025.
Today I thought I would reflect upon those just a bit and share a few of my own thoughts for 2025. Including some practical thoughts around how to implement some of these trends into life as soon as today. I posted this Indeed Best Jobs of 2025 article on LinkedIn last week. When I see anything like best fill in the blank, I always search for what are their metrics.
Because I admit, , when I read that title, my mind went to, what does Indeed know about being a veterinarian? Well, what Indeed was valuing was looking at roles that offer high salaries and showed sustained [00:01:00] growth and flexibility. They looked at jobs on Indeed that make three key criteria, a minimum salary of 75, 000, at least 20 percent growth in postings over the past three years, and at least 5 percent of the postings are remote or hybrid.
Healthcare and engineering were the dominant sectors. They contributed that to society's continued need for wellbeing and innovation and veterinarian came out on top. They said that the median annual salary for a veterinarian on Indeed is about 140, 000. Total jobs were 1, 065, and 124 percent increase in job share when compared to 2021.
And 7. 3 percent of the jobs had remote in the title. In case you were interested, the jobs that followed veterinarian were sales representative, which seems like a really broad title, but, physician, civil engineer, estimator, and attorney. And I'll put a [00:02:00] link in the description so you can see the other ones and read the full article.
I think Best Job of 2025 was more attention grabbing purposes, but this is interesting data. It does show that there are more job postings on Indeed, which could show a good job market for veterinarians right now. And the fact that there are a decent number of remote or hybrid options is what is largely probably considered a very hands on kind of job.
shows good opportunity for diverse career pathing that can meet different values in a veterinary role. And that's kind of what we talk about on Vet Life Reimagined is those possibilities out there. So I hope you find that encouraging. But reflecting on what our experts said in these past episodes, who live in this profession daily, not indeed, you could see a very clear trend in AI.
It's really hard to get away from that. Maybe you're tired of hearing the word, but nonetheless, it is rapidly becoming [00:03:00] a part of everyday life. And while I love enthusiasm, I also appreciate the watchouts that were given around AI. With putting out this series, I have had several founders of AI companies reach out and want to appear on the podcast.
So while I'm not in a clinical practice right now, I already see the potential for an overwhelming experience of trying to find what's worthwhile to invest in personally and then bringing it into your business, your clinic. So while I was chatting with my friend and solo practitioner, Bill Tancredi this week, who is my go to expert when it comes to AI and practical use in the veterinary hospital, I asked him how he shifts through this overwhelm of AI options and honestly, even potentially BS.
Here were his great tips. He said, ask, What are we solving for? Otherwise, what problem are we looking to [00:04:00] solve? And how does this technology thoroughly solve the problem well? Ask, if something goes wrong, who do I call? You do not want to have to call a help desk in the middle of nowhere who really doesn't understand how to support you.
You want a human who can solve your problem quickly. Dr. Tancredi also avoids long term contracts. It could reduce their incentive to support you during that period versus a month to month kind of contract. Speaking of contracts, probably should read them. And beware of companies that over promise. Look for free trials to test out the technology, and avoid big startup costs.
And then, as a last tip, and I think this is really good for anything, that's outside of vet med that's kind of coming in, is does the company actually understand veterinary medicine? And if they don't, are they trying to? Do they actually understand the problems that we need to solve? So I hope that was kind of helpful tips on approaching AI in the [00:05:00] future.
And, be a little bit more prepared and maybe start to think about how to enter this world that's just going to continue to be Crowded with companies offering potential solutions, especially around buzzwords like AI and technology. So, along with figuring out how to know what to adopt when it comes to AI solutions, I kind of brought it out in my concerns, and this goes beyond technology.
I think there's a trend of the need for trust. I heard recently that A demand for transparency, which we've seen talked about quite a bit when it comes to consumers desires of companies, that demand for transparency is really displaying a lack of trust. AI bots, fake videos, heated political fronts in the United States and beyond, just continue to hamper our ability to know what to trust.
Likewise, we want to make sure we are focused on building trust with pet parents, which [00:06:00] is the only way we can optimally use any type of advancement for patient care and well being. I think this is a huge part of those who are talking about establishing a client centric approach to veterinary medicine.
Trust is the word here. And I think with the topic of client centric approaches is also the importance of the trend that I'm going to call connection. Building relationships. I don't know about you, but as I struggle with some sleep deprivation from a four month old and other stressors in life, my threshold for handling negativity is getting lower and lower.
The places of online community in air quotes, seems to be a quick way to get my mood down with the constant posts of bringing something or someone down. This is not connection. I think the more we try to embrace curiosity and getting to know real people, and even to intentionally do more things in person, the better we will find human connection and build relationships, which I like [00:07:00] to remind, even in the podcast episodes, that this is what makes life joyful.
So I encourage you to be very bullish on what you surround yourself with because that input impacts the output. Surround yourself with the type of people you want to behave like. Side note, this can also be really good career advice. Surround yourself with the people that you like as well as doing the things you're interested in.
If you are in the place of the thing, you are more likely to get involved and do the thing. This can be in choosing where to live, Getting involved in groups that match your interest, or when you go to conferences,
get in there, listen, and talk to people you think are doing cool things, and let them know that you think they're doing cool things. People tend to like that. But, back to connection. I think we are going to see more formations of groups of people looking to connect with like minded individuals and support each other.
So, trends around trust and connection, and I mentioned a bit with the [00:08:00] Indeed article, is a continued growth in the diversity of career paths, but also along with diverse career paths, my number three here is around voices. I think we are going to see increasing new and diverse voices in veterinary medicine.
Individuals within veterinary medicine starting to be more proactive in discussing what they want to see in the profession. and you may be part of it. I hope you are. There's a lot going on causing diverse thought and I think it will start to grow a little louder. I think it can be a great thing. I support diverse thought as I believe it's how we can learn and grow faster, but it also comes back to emphasizing the importance of curiosity
and kindness that can build trust and even genuine connection. I hope you find those values every time you listen to Vet Life Reimagined. I hope to be part of this and lift up those diverse voices. This episode [00:09:00] will be published the day I arrive in Orlando for VMX. It's always an exciting place to start the year, to get those connections and be inspired by the amazing people in this profession.
Maybe I'll see you there, but until next time, take care. Oh. And speaking of taking care, you won't want to miss the next episode where I'm bringing Melissa Allen, of Veterinary Wellbeing Buddy. I heard so many wonderful things about her. I had to bring her on the podcast and learn more. That is all next week.