Our blog gives you tailored advice

Blog Articles

9 November 2020

Find your dream job in the ideal veterinary clinic| Oxilia

Is it possible to find the ideal job in the veterinary clinic of your dreams? Finding the ideal job is often a quest that may…

Read the article
14 August 2020

When a candidate finally materializes, don’t lose them!

The veterinary medicine job market has never been more tipped in favour of the workers. Offers line the bulletin boards, the employees have a choice…

Read the article
10 March 2020

Dr. Caroline Brookfield shares her tips as a relief veterinarian : How much to charge and how to manage her self-employed paperwork.

It feels like asking for a first date.  Feeling awkward, fearful of rejection, I tentatively sidle up to my target.  “Hey, can I ask you…

Read the article
24 February 2020

Does being a locum reduce compassion fatigue in veterinary medicine?

Oxilia has hypothesized that self-employed status does not cause more emotional fatigue than those with employee status in the veterinary profession. We even suspect the…

Read the article
10 February 2020

RVT’s, don’t leave Vet Med! There are well paid opportunities!

I love animals and work in a veterinary clinic, but I just cannot afford it. To give so much to receive so little? Canadian Tire…

Read the article
23 December 2019

Oxilia : The indispensable tool for informed professional locums?

THE SO-CALLED “PROFESSIONAL LOCUMS” ARE THOSE VETERINARIANS AND RVT’S WHO WORK MAINLY AS SELF-EMPLOYED WORKERS IN DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS. Their lifestyle allows them freedom and they…

Read the article
9 December 2019

Protect yourself from salary flames!

Unless you live in an area without internet, you have surely heard of the shortage of qualified staff. Our profession is certainly going through a…

Read the article
25 November 2019

3 tips to manage your professional life when your personal life takes over

Your young hockey prodigy attains AAA level hockey? Do you dream of going back to school or completing a certification? Thirty is coming, and a…

Read the article
11 November 2019

Finding your dream employer!

Locum or permanent employee? We’ve got you covered. Let’s be real. Your work team and your boss’s attitude are the 2 biggest reasons why you either love… or hate your…

Read the article
14 October 2019

Veterinary and AHT locums, the misunderstood?

We hear many different preconceived impressions of locums, and we hear them regularly! The comments stand out and are common to both the community of…

Read the article