If you are honest with yourself, you will know exactly why our profession is having difficulty staffing their hospitals. Nonetheless, you will get replies to this advertisement. Everyone has different job priorities. Some want flexibility. Some want more responsibility and control, while others just want to work where they feel valued and appreciated.
Flexibility is just another way of saying job sharing.
You can make that happen. People who want a higher salary can be accommodated through the bonus system. Do your best to match the job responsibilities to your qualified job applicant's wants and needs and that applicant may be more inclined to work with you rather than the corporation downtown. Do your best to meet the same criteria for the staff that you have now for nothing is forever. This article was originally published in the August 2000 issue of DVM Newsmagazine.