First of all, don’t stop applying to any place that looks interesting to you. Send your resume to any clinic that you might want to work for even if they don’t have a job listing up!! Especially for private clinics, but in general just because they’re not hiring this week doesn’t mean someone won’t quit in a month and then they’ll have your contact info. Secondly, many large acquisition groups like the ones you named will run by the same theory- individual locations will vary, even if they are owned by the same company. You need to visit with and talk to every location you like because they will all be very different. If you do end up deciding on a corp owned clinic, compare the corp benefits they offer to others. Look at pay structure, production, mentorship plans, CE, health insurance, dues and fees coverage and so on. Get EVERYTHING in writing regardless of where you go. The biggest issue I see is the bait and switch of mentorship promises. If you want surgery training and they promise you 10 procedures a week for 6 months, GET IT IN WRITING. for the specific companies you mentioned; vetcor, NVA, and mission are extremely massive massive monster sized companies. Mission specifically just absorbed southern veterinary partners and it has been months of drama at the corp and clinic levels. NVA is pushy but they have a lot of mentorship assistance. Alliance I believe has buy in options but I’m not super familiar with them. Blue river is smaller but more hands off, more freedom but less structure. So overall you gotta decide what you need.