The AVMA Career Center and its alternatives at a glance
| Attribute | AVMA Career Center | VeterinaryHires | AAHA Career Center | NAVTA Career Center | VHMA Career Center | Indeed | Hound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | The AVMA's job board for the veterinary profession (the Veterinary Career Center) | A job board built only for veterinary jobs | The career center AAHA runs for veterinary employers | The career center NAVTA runs for veterinary employers | The career center VHMA runs for veterinary employers | A general job site covering every industry | A veterinary career network covering full-time jobs and relief work |
| Roles covered | Not published | Veterinarian, emergency and relief veterinarian, technician, assistant, receptionist, practice manager and kennel attendant | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Full-time and relief work across GP, shelter, urgent care, emergency and specialty practice |
| Pricing model | Pay per posting, with AVMA member discounts on every tier | One-time payment per listing; monthly group plans for practice groups | Pay per posting, with AAHA member and non-member rates | Pay per posting | Pay per posting, with VHMA member and non-member rates | Many jobs post free; sponsored posts run on an employer-set budget | Monthly subscription for job posts and boosts |
| Published price | $193 (AVMA members) or $249 (non-members) for a 30-day nationwide posting; Premium $549/$699; Ultimate $749/$899 | $199 Standard or $399 Featured per 30-day listing at launch pricing; group plans $899–$1,749 a month | $99 (AAHA members) or $199 (non-members) for a basic 30-day posting; Job Flash $349/$449; Ultimate $649/$749 | $209 for 30 days; $349 for 60 days; Job Flash $369, Premium Job Flash $469, Ultimate $679 | Basic $330 (VHMA members) or $495 (non-members); Enhanced $549/$699; Premium $699/$899 | Not published — many jobs post free; sponsored spending is set per job | $199 a month for job posts (Scout); boosts $499 a month |
| Contract | Not published | None — single listings are one-time; group plans cancel anytime | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| How candidates apply | Not published — employers browse and search candidate resumes on the platform | On the employer's own application link or email; no candidate accounts | Not published | Not published | Not published — employer packages include resume database access | On Indeed | Inside Hound — employers can message job viewers and applicants |
| Where listings appear | All Veterinary Career Community (VCC) job boards; the Ultimate bundle adds distribution to 1,000+ job sites and search engines (self-reported) | The matching role and city pages, and Google Jobs | The AAHA Career Center; the Job Flash package adds an email of the job, and the Ultimate package adds TalentBoost distribution | The NAVTA Career Center; the Job Flash package emails the job, and the Ultimate package adds TalentBoost distribution | The VHMA Career Center; a partner-network option sends jobs to other sites such as LinkedIn | On Indeed | Within the Hound veterinary career network |
As of October 2026, checked on each company's own website.
Why do veterinary practices look for an alternative to the AVMA Career Center?
The AVMA Career Center is the AVMA's own board, and its distribution is real: a job posted there also appears on every job board that is part of the Veterinary Career Community, a partnership among national and state veterinary associations and veterinary medical schools.
For a veterinarian search, that means the posting also sits on the job boards of state veterinary associations and veterinary medical schools.
The trade-offs are membership and price.
The headline rate — $193 for a 30-day nationwide posting — is the AVMA member price; non-members pay $249.
Premium tiers climb from there: $549 for members or $699 for non-members, and an Ultimate bundle at $749 or $899.
The self-reported figures sit behind the upgrades: the Job Flash email sent to over 28,000 veterinary professionals, and the Ultimate bundle's distribution to 1,000+ job sites and search engines.
The other consideration is audience.
The VCC is built on national and state veterinary associations and veterinary medical schools, which suits DVM searches.
Practices hiring technicians, assistants, receptionists or managers sometimes want a board aimed at those roles instead — which is where the association centers below come in.
Which AVMA Career Center alternative fits which kind of hiring?
Each alternative earns its place with a different buyer:
- VeterinaryHires — a veterinary-only board selling one-time, 30-day listings ($199 Standard, $399 Featured at launch pricing) with no association membership. Fits practices that want a flat per-post fee on a board where every listing is a veterinary job.
- AAHA Career Center — the animal hospital association's board, from $99 (AAHA members) or $199 (non-members) for a basic 30-day posting. Fits AAHA-member hospitals.
- NAVTA Career Center — the veterinary technicians' association board: $209 for 30 days or $349 for 60. Fits technician searches that want a longer listing window.
- VHMA Career Center — the practice managers' association board, with tiered packages from $330. Fits practice-manager hires.
- Indeed — many jobs post free, subject to Indeed's limits, and sponsored posts run on a budget you set. Fits high-volume hiring with screening tolerance.
- Hound — a veterinary career network covering full-time and relief work, at $199 a month for job posts. Fits continuous hiring that wants candidate messaging and pay insights built in.
What does each AVMA Career Center alternative cost?
Published prices, as checked on each company's own site in October 2026:
- VeterinaryHires: $199 per 30-day Standard listing or $399 Featured (launch pricing; regular prices $299 and $499) — one payment, no contract. Group plans run $899–$1,749 a month. See the pricing page.
- AAHA Career Center: $99 for AAHA members or $199 for non-members for a basic 30-day posting; Job Flash packages $349/$449 and $449/$549; Ultimate Recruitment Package $649/$749.
- NAVTA Career Center: $209 for a 30-day posting or $349 for 60 days; Job Flash $369, Premium Job Flash $469, Ultimate Recruitment Package $679.
- VHMA Career Center: Basic $330 (VHMA members) or $495 (non-members); Enhanced $549/$699; Premium $699/$899.
- Indeed: no published per-post rate — many jobs post free, and sponsored posts run on an employer-set budget.
- Hound: $199 a month for job posts (Scout); a job boosts tier at $499 a month.
Against that, the AVMA Career Center is $193/$249 for a 30-day nationwide posting, $549/$699 for Premium and $749/$899 for the Ultimate bundle.
How do the association career centers compare with one another?
All four are pay-per-post boards run by veterinary associations, but they are not interchangeable:
- Distribution: the AVMA says a posting appears on every Veterinary Career Community job board, and its Premium posting lists VCC partner-board exposure among its additions. AAHA and NAVTA sell reach as upgrades — Job Flash emails, and TalentBoost on the Ultimate packages — and VHMA has a partner-network option that sends the job to sites such as LinkedIn.
- Member pricing: AAHA's $99 member rate is the lowest published per-post price on this page; the AVMA member rate is $193 and VHMA's is $330, while NAVTA lists $209 for 30 days. Non-member rates run $199 (AAHA), $249 (AVMA) and $495 (VHMA).
- Audience: the AVMA's VCC partnership spans national and state veterinary associations and veterinary medical schools, which suits DVM searches. NAVTA is the technicians' association, VHMA is the managers' association, and AAHA is the animal hospital association.
- Term length: the AVMA and AAHA boards publish 30-day postings; NAVTA sells 30 or 60 days, and VHMA's tiers run 30 or 60 days.
Where the AVMA Career Center wins is veterinarian reach: if you are recruiting a DVM and want the state-association and school channels behind one posting, nothing else on this page replicates that network.
How should a practice choose?
Start with the role you are filling and how often you hire:
- Recruiting a veterinarian: the AVMA Career Center's VCC distribution is the strongest reason to stay — state VMAs and veterinary medical schools are in the network.
- One role, no membership: a one-time listing beats a subscription — VeterinaryHires at $199 (or $399 Featured) at launch pricing, AAHA at $99–$199, NAVTA at $209.
- Veterinary technicians: NAVTA's board, or a veterinary-only listing on VeterinaryHires, which has dedicated technician and assistant role pages.
- Practice managers: the VHMA Career Center, with packages from $330.
- Volume on a budget: Indeed's free postings — many jobs qualify — then a sponsored budget if a role stalls.
- Always hiring, want tooling: Hound's $199-a-month job posts with candidate messaging and PayScore insights, or VeterinaryHires' group plans at $899–$1,749 a month.
Whichever you pick, match the pricing shape to the hiring shape: per-post boards suit occasional vacancies, while subscriptions and group plans suit practices that keep several jobs live.
Which one should you choose?
Stay with the AVMA Career Center if…
- You are recruiting a veterinarian and want the listing on every job board in the Veterinary Career Community, a partnership among national and state veterinary associations and veterinary medical schools.
- You are an AVMA member and the discounted $193 member rate applies to your posting.
- You want resume search and premium options like a Job Flash email behind the listing.
Choose VeterinaryHires if…
- You want a one-time, 30-day listing ($199 Standard, $399 Featured at launch pricing) with no association membership.
- You want every job on the board to be a veterinary job, and your listing indexed in Google Jobs.
- You run a practice group and want a monthly plan ($899–$1,749) you can cancel anytime.
Choose the AAHA Career Center if…
- Your practice is an AAHA member and the $99 basic posting rate applies.
- You want an animal hospital association audience for your posting.
- You want optional reach upgrades, like a Job Flash email or the Ultimate package's TalentBoost distribution.
Choose the NAVTA Career Center if…
- You are hiring veterinary technicians and want the technicians' association audience.
- You want a longer listing window — 60 days for $349 instead of 30.
Choose the VHMA Career Center if…
- You are hiring a practice manager and want the managers' association audience.
- You want tiered employer packages ($330–$899), with features like resume database access and a monthly Job Watch to VHMA members.
Choose Indeed if…
- You want to test a posting at no cost, subject to Indeed's limits.
- You are comfortable screening a mixed, all-industry audience.
- You want to sponsor selectively, on a budget you set per job.
Frequently asked questions
What is the AVMA Career Center?
The AVMA Career Center is the American Veterinary Medical Association's job board, at jobs.avma.org.
A job posted there also appears on every job board that is part of the Veterinary Career Community (VCC), a partnership among national and state veterinary associations and veterinary medical schools.
AVMA members get discounted rates on all postings, and employers can browse resumes after creating an employer profile.
How much does it cost to post a job on the AVMA Career Center?
A 30 Day Nationwide Online Job Posting is $193 for AVMA members or $249 for non-members, with resume search access and Veterinary Career Network distribution included.
A Premium 30 Day Posting is $549 for members or $699 for non-members and adds VCC partner-board exposure, preferred placement and a Spotlight.
An Ultimate 30 Day bundle is $749 or $899 and adds distribution to job sites and search engines.
Members get discounted rates on every posting.
What is the Veterinary Career Community (VCC)?
The VCC is described by the AVMA as a partnership among national and state veterinary associations and veterinary medical schools.
When you post a job on the AVMA Career Center, that job also appears on all the job boards in the community.
That distribution is the reach argument for staying on the AVMA board when you are recruiting a veterinarian.
Which board is cheaper than the AVMA Career Center?
Among the published per-post prices checked in October 2026, the AAHA Career Center is lowest for members: $99 for a basic 30-day posting ($199 for non-members).
The AVMA Career Center is $193 for members or $249 for non-members.
A Standard VeterinaryHires listing is $199 at launch pricing with no association membership required, the NAVTA Career Center is $209 for 30 days, and the VHMA Career Center's basic posting is $330 for VHMA members or $495 for non-members.
What is the best AVMA alternative for hiring veterinary technicians?
The NAVTA Career Center is the association board aimed at the technician audience; a 30-day posting is $209 and 60 days is $349.
The AAHA Career Center ($99–$199 for a basic 30-day posting) is the animal hospital association's board.
VeterinaryHires is a veterinary-only board with a dedicated technician role page and one-time $199 listings at launch pricing.
The AVMA Career Center's strength is veterinarian reach, so technician searches often do better elsewhere.
Do AVMA alternatives distribute a posting to other job boards?
Yes.
The AAHA Career Center sells a Job Flash email to 3,000+ veterinary professionals (self-reported) and an Ultimate Recruitment Package with TalentBoost distribution across a network of job sites and search engines.
NAVTA's Job Flash package emails the job, and its Ultimate package lists TalentBoost distribution to 1,000+ sites (self-reported).
The VHMA Career Center offers a partner-network option that sends jobs to other sites such as LinkedIn.
On the AVMA Career Center, the AVMA says a posted job also appears on all Veterinary Career Community job boards, and its Premium posting adds VCC partner-board exposure.
Can I post a veterinary job for free?
On Indeed, many jobs can be posted for free, subject to Indeed's terms, conditions, quality standards and usage limits; sponsored placement is what costs money, on a budget you set.
VeterinaryHires does not offer a free posting option — listings start at $199 at launch pricing.
The AVMA, AAHA, NAVTA and VHMA career centers compared here publish paid posting prices, from $99 (AAHA members) to $899 (the AVMA Ultimate bundle for non-members).
Why do member and non-member prices differ?
Three of the association career centers — the AVMA's, AAHA's and VHMA's — publish two rates: a discounted one for their own members and a higher one for everyone else.
The AVMA Career Center charges $193 or $249 for a 30-day nationwide posting, AAHA charges $99 or $199 for a basic posting, and VHMA charges $330 or $495.
The member rate applies only to practices that hold that association's membership, so compare the rate that actually applies to your practice.
Where these facts come from
- AVMA Career Center: avma.org/vcc (checked October 5, 2026)
- AVMA Career Center: avma.org/education/veterinary-careers/employers (checked October 5, 2026)
- AVMA Career Center: jobs.avma.org/employer/pricing (checked October 4, 2026)
- AAHA Career Center: careers.aaha.org/employer/pricing (checked October 4, 2026)
- NAVTA Career Center: careers.navta.net/employer/pricing (checked October 4, 2026)
- VHMA Career Center: careercenter.vhma.org/employer-offers (checked October 5, 2026)
- Indeed: indeed.com/hire/pricing (checked October 5, 2026)
- Hound: hound.vet (checked October 5, 2026)
- Hound: hound.vet/employers (checked October 5, 2026)