Why the Smartest Veterinary Pros Are Enrolling in the Fall Achiever Program

Is Your Veterinary Team Ready for the Future?

The veterinary profession stands at a pivotal crossroads. The newest generations of veterinary professionals—Millennials and Gen Z—aren’t just entering the field. They’re reshaping it. And they’re doing it with bold expectations around how veterinary teams should look, feel, and operate.

If your practice isn’t prepared to evolve, it risks missing out on the very people who will drive your success for the next 30 years.

That’s where blendVET’s Certified Achiever comes in. This pioneering cohort experience is more than continuing education—it’s a commitment to building veterinary workplaces where belonging thrives, diverse talent rises, and the entire team grows stronger together.

Gen Z and Millennials Are Changing the Veterinary Workplace
Millennials now make up 35.1% of practicing veterinarians, with Gen Z hot on their heels at 34.6%, and together they’re rewriting what it means to work in veterinary medicine.¹^,²

They’re looking for:

• Cultures of belonging: Workplaces where everyone feels seen, respected, and valued—especially team members from underrepresented background.
• Representation in leadership: They want to see people like them at the top, proving there’s a future for everyone in this field.
• Support for well-being and growth: Flexible schedules, mental health resources, and genuine career development aren’t perks. They’re expectations.

Practices that fail to deliver on these fronts aren’t just behind. They’re losing the race for the next generation of veterinary talent.

The Turnover Crisis: A Cost You Can’t Afford
Veterinary turnover is soaring. In 2024 alone, turnover rates hit:

• 73.3% for veterinary technicians
• 32.5% for admin and support staff
• 24.6% for veterinarians themselves.³
  
  

What’s driving this mass exodus? Burnout, strained mental health, outdated workplace norms, and compensation that doesn’t reflect the pressures of modern practice life. These are issues Gen Y and Z consistently cite as non-negotiable deal-breakers.³

It’s not just a people problem—it’s a financial one. Losing and replacing staff costs practices $10,000 to $50,000 per turnover event, not counting the disruption to patient care and client relationships.³

By contrast, practices that intentionally build cultures of belonging and equitable opportunity see turnover drop by nearly 27%, with employees staying longer and contributing more.³

Why Enrolling in the Certified Achiever  Fall Cohort is the Smartest Move You’ll Make This Year

The  program isn’t traditional CE. It’s a hands-on, credentialed learning experience crafted to equip veterinary professionals with:

• Building skills that create welcoming, inclusive environments—not just for patients and clients, but for every team member.
• Champion underrepresented voices, opening pathways to leadership and building a more resilient profession.
•  Foster accountability with a peer cohort that shares your goals and helps sustain progress long after the program ends.
  
  

It’s designed to help your practice not just adapt to industry change—but to lead it.

And the data is clear:

“Vet Me Explain” CE Webinars: Real Talk for Real Change
blendVET’s  Vet Me Explain webinars complement the Fall Achiever program by tackling some of the toughest topics in veterinary medicine—burnout, bias, navigating generational shifts—with no sugarcoating.

Today’s professionals want more than checklists. They want honest conversations that lead to lasting solutions. These webinars are an accessible way for your team to keep the conversation going and build practical strategies.

Building a Veterinary Profession Where Everyone Belongs
The mission of blendVET has always been clear: to equip veterinary professionals and leaders to create workplaces of true belonging, where underrepresented minorities find pathways to thrive, and where every team member can see a future for themselves.

By enrolling in blendVET's Certified Achiever program, you’re sending a message to your current team, your future hires, and your clients—that your practice is ready to lead veterinary medicine into a stronger, more sustainable era.

And ultimately, you’re building the kind of environment where people want to stay, grow, and give their best—which is the single most important investment you can make.

Are You Ready to Lead?
The next generation is already making choices. Make sure they choose you.

Join the blendVET Certified Fall Achiever program today and set your team—and your practice—up for long-term success.

ENROLL TODAY!  ONLY 50 SPOTS OPEN!

References

1. Veterinary Practice. Helping the next generation of vets thrive. 2025.
2. Melbourne Business School. Why diverse teams are more profitable. 2025.
3. Today's Veterinary Business. Diversity Pays Off.
4. DVM360. Overcoming the hurdles: Promoting diversity within veterinary medicine. 2021.
5. SSG. Elevating Pet Care: Multicultural Pet Ownership Dynamics. 2024.
6.  iVET360. 2025 Veterinary Industry Benchmark Report.
7. McKinsey & Company. Diversity Matters Even More. 2023.
8. World Bank. Diversity Matters Even More: The Case for Holistic Impact. 2023.
9.  HispanicAd.com. Multicultural Pet Ownership. 2024.

Written by Renea Lewis, Communications, blendVET & Fractional Consultant WriterReneaMultimedia.com