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Career transition

Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersMedical Assistants

What it takes to move from veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers into medical assistants — the overlap, the gaps, and the pay change.

The transferable cut

Refit analysis ·10 of the top skills overlap between Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers and Medical Assistants — Active Listening, Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, so that experience transfers directly. The main gaps to close are few. Median pay moves from $37,320 to $44,200 (+18%).

Skills that transfer

You likely already have these from veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers.

  • Active Listening
  • Speaking
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Critical Thinking
  • Monitoring
  • Writing
  • Active Learning
  • Learning Strategies
  • Mathematics
  • Science

Gaps to close

What medical assistantsasks for that you'll need to build.

  • No major missing skills among the top set.

Pay change

Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers
$37,320
Medical Assistants
$44,200

Re-angle your Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers experience toward Medical Assistants

Honest tailoring

See how your resume lines up with Medical Assistants

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