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Veterinary Voices
Veterinary Voices
Veterinary Voices is for vet clinic owners who want to hire Their Kind of People — and want vets and nurses to recognise you're Their Kind of Clinic. For years, hiring gave you two options: run a job ad, or don't. Veterinary Voices is about the third one — staying visible through culture stories, so the right people already know you before a vacancy ever opens. Hosted by Julie South, each episode unpacks how clinics close the Decision Gap: the space between a job advert and a job application, where vets and nurses decide for themselves whether you're Their Kind of Clinic. If you want your "great culture" to be something they recognise instead of something you claim, this is your show.
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Veterinary Voices

Veterinary Voices is for vet clinic owners who want to hire Their Kind of People — and want vets and nurses to recognise you're Their Kind of Clinic.

For years, hiring gave you two options: run a job ad, or don't. Veterinary Voices is about the third one — staying visible through culture stories, so the right people already know you before a vacancy ever opens.

Hosted by Julie South, each episode unpacks how clinics close the Decision Gap: the space between a job advert and a job application, where vets and nurses decide for themselves whether you're Their Kind of Clinic.

If you want your "great culture" to be something they recognise instead of something you claim, this is your show.

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What Every "Vet Clinic Job Ad" Elephant Has In Common - ep 283
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Aug. 3, 2026

What Every "Vet Clinic Job Ad" Elephant Has In Common - ep 283

What Every "Vet Clinic Job Ad" Elephant Has In Common Eight weeks. Seven elephants. One pattern. In the series finale of The Elephant In The Room, Julie South brings it all together — and names the single thing every elephant in this series had in common. Plus something you absolutely need to know before the next series begins. Episode notes This episode recaps all seven elephants from the series: The clinic with a reputation it hasn't found a way to publicly undo — and prove it's come a long...
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Corporate or independent — does your job ad say? - ep. 282
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July 27, 2026

Corporate or independent — does your job ad say? - ep. 282

Everyone in veterinary has an opinion about corporate versus independent ownership. Strong ones, in both directions. But almost nobody says which one they are in the job ad. In the seventh episode of The Elephant In The Room, Julie South looks at the question that sits in the back of every vet and nurse's mind when they're reading a job ad — and gives you one practical check that takes about thirty seconds. Episode notes Research VetStaff undertook with Unitec Te Pukenga in 2023 found that own
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The New Grad Experience — What's Promised vs What's Real - 281
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July 20, 2026

The New Grad Experience — What's Promised vs What's Real - 281

Some vets and nurses leave the profession far too soon. You probably know of at least one yourself. In this sixth episode of The Elephant In The Room series, Julie South looks at what happens when a new grad arrives at a clinic and the support that was promised turns out to look very different in practice — and asks one question that every new grad and every clinic owner should be able to answer. Episode notes Many vet clinics advertise a mentoring programme for new graduates — and mean it. B...
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Competitive Remuneration - two job ad words that say nothing - 280
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July 13, 2026

Competitive Remuneration - two job ad words that say nothing - 280

What's the single most important thing vets and nurses need to see in a job ad? Research says it's pay. By a country mile. And yet most vet clinic job ads say the same two words: competitive remuneration. In the fifth episode of The Elephant In The Room series, Julie South looks at why clinics won't put salary ranges in their ads — and why that decision is costing them more applications than they realise. Episode notes In 2023, VetStaff — New Zealand's only specialist veterinary recruitment a...
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After Hours - What The Job Ad Never Says - 279
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July 6, 2026

After Hours - What The Job Ad Never Says - 279

If you're responsible for hiring at your vet clinic, do you have dread words? Words you know you have to include in the job ad, but the moment you type them you can already feel the applications not coming? This episode is about two of those words: after-hours. In the fourth episode of The Elephant In The Room, Julie South looks at why "shared across the team" tells a vet or nurse almost nothing — and why the clinics that have genuinely solved after-hours are sitting on something worth saying...
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The skills shortage is real. But it's not why your ad isn't working - the elephant in the room - ep. 278
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June 29, 2026

The skills shortage is real. But it's not why your ad isn't working - the elephant in the room - ep. 278

The skills shortage is real. But it's not why your ad isn't working - the elephant in the room - ep. 278 Two clinics. Same town. Same skills shortage. One's been advertising since-forever. The other has been running a different kind of recruitment programme — and has had multiple suitable applicants within weeks. Same shortage. Completely different outcomes. In the third episode of The Elephant In The Room, Julie South talks about the difference between a ceiling and a floor — and which one y...
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