I have found it!

I spent significant time on the Internet to find veterinary clinics in New York City. The first hit was a huge referral center and teaching hospital. It was appealing, because the one I had visited in Milwaukee was very similar and I enjoyed myself there this summer. I wasn't happy though. I am not sure any more that I want to work in a fancy, shiny, state of the art animal hospital. Yes, I know. That is the best place to improve my skills and learn everything about medicine. However, I am not sure I want the long hours, the night shifts and the stress. One can say I am not ready for challenge any more. It might be true, but I prefer to say that a friendly, quiet (when I say quiet, I don't mean zero patient, I mean a place where you have time to work on cases and if required, you can have a chat with the client as well) and patient + client oriented place of work does appeal to me more. I want to settle down, I don't want to be the best, though faceless, unreachable doctor, I don't want to discover new diseases, drugs and methods. I want to help people and animals in a more personal way. I know I am a veterinarian, but I would like to spend time with the owners as well. I would like to educate them to be better owners, I want them to understand what and why I am doing with their beloved pet.

So I did not stop looking and found an other practice in New York. When I saw their website, I immediately fell in love with them. It is crazy, I admit, although understandable. They are situated on the West 18th Street and Gary (and soon me) lives on the West 11th Street. So the place is in walking distance from my future home. In the gaybourhood, so to speak. LOL... And if this wouldn't be enough, they are not a usual practice. They combine the conventional Western medicice with the traditional Eastern one. They use homeopathy, accupuncture, etc. I love that. I have some background as martial arts are strongly bonded to the Eastern philosophies and I used to learn Kung Fu. I kept checking out the site and saw the photos of the doctors and the staff and got more and more excited. They looked like nice folks. In that instance I decided that clinic was my first choice. I certainly will contact the big and fancy one as well, but on the second place only.

I worked on my resume and cover letter in the afternoon, I wanted it to be perfect. I have finished and I like it, but I am not sure whether it can't be better. I am going to post both here, so anyone can check them and post a comment.