Questions to ask any recruiting provider
Evaluate the provider against your actual role and hospital requirements. Request clear answers and written terms rather than relying on a generic ranking.
- Who sources candidates and what screening is performed?
- What will our practice need to do during the search?
- What becomes payable if the search does not result in a hire?
Prepare the role brief
Write down the information a candidate needs to evaluate the position before the search begins.
- Specify overnight, weekend and holiday coverage.
- Explain triage, critical-care capability and referral escalation.
- Describe technician staffing, handovers and schedule recovery.
Plan the work location in Atlanta.
Name the street address, city and county, and keep Atlanta neighborhoods separate from suburban cities. Several places cross county lines: Atlanta reaches Fulton and DeKalb counties, Roswell reaches Cobb and Fulton, College Park reaches Clayton and Fulton, and Austell reaches Cobb and Douglas. Mailing addresses can mislead: a Marietta hospital address listed on VEG’s site geocodes outside any incorporated place in Cobb County, and the Georgia Veterinary Medical Association’s Norcross address geocodes to Peachtree Corners. Coverage on this site is limited to Georgia; a hospital in another state falls under a different licensing authority.
Give the hiring team one brief for each facility, with clinical work, technician delegation, weekend duties and location commitments stated together. Georgia asks veterinarians for 30 hours of continuing education every two years, so state the support the practice provides. O*NET OnLine, using Bureau of Labor Statistics 2025 wage data, lists a median annual wage for veterinarians in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell area above the Georgia median and below the national median, which is context candidates may bring to an offer. The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine in Athens lists a DVM program, and because Georgia does not license by reciprocity, a doctor licensed elsewhere applies to the Georgia Board. This site describes employer hiring coverage without claiming an Atlanta recruiting office.
Review Atlanta-area recruiting coverage →Local context for this role
Across the Atlanta area, VEG’s Georgia page lists hospitals at Alpharetta, Brookhaven, Marietta and Snellville addresses, each marked open 24/7, and BluePearl’s Sandy Springs page lists 24/7 emergency care with specialty care by appointment. Georgia Rule 700-12-.06 requires emergency treatment or access to it, or documented referral coverage, and Rule 700-12-.11 requires daily physical evaluation of hospitalized or sick patients, so an Atlanta emergency brief should name the shift pattern, the overnight team and the morning handover owner. The Census geocoder places the Marietta VEG address outside every incorporated place in Cobb County, so an Atlanta emergency search should list the street address and not only the mailing city.
Plan Georgia credential checks before the start date.
Georgia licenses veterinarians and veterinary technicians through the Georgia State Board of Veterinary Medicine, which sits under the Georgia Secretary of State. Assign a person to verify license status and the expiration date, record the verification date and resolve questions with the Board. Check any additional specialty credentials required by the employer with the issuing organization.
Georgia State Board of Veterinary Medicine page and license search · Rules of the Georgia State Board of Veterinary Medicine (Chapter 700)
Confirm the service and terms with BEGHR.
Define an emergency DVM search around shift coverage, case responsibility, overnight support and the hospital’s escalation process.
Read the service scope · Review the recruiting process · BEGHR veterinary placement