For independent pet professionals
Your career, kept on a profile that is yours
A personal profile on United Pet Club holds your portfolio, certificates, courses and applications, and follows you from one employer to the next. Businesses you open or work for connect to it.
A career portfolio you edit in place
Certificates and awards others confirm
Apply, work for several businesses, or open your own
What does United Pet Club offer independent pet professionals?
United Pet Club offers a pet professional, as a person, a career portfolio, a place for certificates and awards, courses, job applications and a personal profile that owns any business profile you open. Nothing about it depends on an employer.
It suits groomers, trainers, vets, vet techs, sitters, walkers, handlers, judges and photographers who freelance, work for one or more businesses, or are between jobs. A profession on a personal profile describes your career. A business profile is a separate thing, and you can open one from the same account when you are ready.
Building and publishing a portfolio is free. A few extras, such as books for a company you own, sit on plans.
Everything United Pet Club offers a pet professional as a person
Each item works today. The tag shows whether it is free, free with a fee, or part of a plan.
Free to use
Free, fee on sales
Part of a plan
Career portfolio
Free to use
Portfolio page
A public page for your photo, headline, experience from date to date, education and work samples, edited in place so you see it as visitors do.
Free to use
Skills from a list
Pick your skills from a catalog grouped by category, with a level and years for each. Your strongest five stand out, and you can ask for a skill to be added.
Free to use
Breed experience
Say which breeds you have worked with and how comfortable you are with each.
Free to use
Before and after work samples
Add photos of your work and show them on your page.
Free to use
Available for hire
Switch on a flag so businesses know you are open to work.
Free to use
Public or private
Choose who sees your portfolio, and keep sections limited to members or people you work with.
Certificates and credentials
Free to use
Certificates and awards received
One page for awards, badges and certificates others gave you. An award stays pending until the giver confirms it, so what shows is vouched for.
Free to use
Certifications band
UPC certifications and verified credentials show first on your portfolio, and self-declared ones show as not verified.
Free, fee on sales
Courses
Take courses from instructors on the platform and receive a certificate you can show.
Free to use
Programs
Join learning programs and see your progress toward the awards they lead to.
Work
Free to use
Job applications
Apply to openings that businesses post, with a résumé upload, from the careers page.
Free to use
Work for several businesses
Join more than one business as staff and switch between them from one login.
Free to use
Your bookings and time
See the appointments assigned to you and punch in on the time clock when the business uses it.
Free, fee on sales
Your own clients
Offer services as a person, such as grooming or training, and take bookings on your personal page.
Open a business
Free to use
Personal profile owns business profiles
Open a business profile for a company you run and keep your own profile beside it.
Part of a plan
Books for any entity you own
Keep books for a business, a holding company or yourself, with receipts and expenses collected for you.
Part of a plan
Website and brand kit
Publish a site on an address of your own and keep your colors and logo in one place.
Free to use
AI assistants
Let an AI assistant read your appointments and your pets on your behalf.
How much of it is free?
Every service below is counted by how you pay for it: free to use, free with a fee only when a sale or payment goes through, or part of a plan. The bars update when the list does.
18
services in one account
89%
free to use
4
areas covered
Career portfolio
6
Certificates and credentials
4
Work
4
Open a business
4
Free to use
Free, fee on sales
Plan or AI credits
Counted from the service list on this page.
Advanced tools for a pet professional
More than an online résumé.
★ Advanced
Career portfolio with proof
Certifications show first, verified credentials ahead of self-declared ones, and awards appear only after the giver confirms them.
★ Advanced
Skills and breed experience from catalogs
Skills come from a categorized catalog with levels and years, and breed experience from the animal reference lists.
★ Advanced
One personal profile that owns business profiles
Open a business, and later another, and keep your portfolio and your own pets on the same account.
★ Advanced
Work for several businesses on one login
Switch between businesses as staff, see your assigned bookings and punch in on their time clocks.
★ Advanced
Books for any entity you own
Keep books for a business, a holding company or yourself, with an expenses inbox.
★ Advanced
Application forms with résumé upload
Apply to openings through forms that take your résumé as a file.
United Pet Club or typical job boards and portfolio sites?
Where the two differ for an independent pet professional.
| Feature | United Pet Club | Typical job boards and portfolio sites |
|---|---|---|
| Pet-specific skills and breeds | ✓ Chosen from catalogs | ✗ Usually free text |
| Certificates and awards | ✓ Confirmed by the giver before they show | ~ Self-declared on most sites |
| Courses and certificates | ✓ On the same platform | ✗ Usually elsewhere |
| Job applications | ✓ Forms with résumé upload | ✓ Core feature |
| Work for several employers | ✓ One login, switch businesses | ~ Varies by provider |
| Open your own business later | ✓ Same account owns business profiles | ✗ Rarely included |
| Your pets and clients | ✓ Same account | ✗ Not covered |
| Cost to publish a portfolio | ✓ Free to use | ~ Varies by provider |
This comparison describes common setups, not any specific product.
A career on United Pet Club
1
Create your personal profile
Add your profession, photo and a short headline.
2
Build the portfolio
Add experience, education, skills, breeds and work samples, in place.
3
Collect proof
Take courses, record awards and let givers confirm them.
4
Apply or get found
Apply to openings, or switch on available for hire.
5
Work, then grow
Work for one or several businesses, then open your own when you are ready.
Questions independent pet professionals ask
What is a career portfolio on United Pet Club?
It is a public page for a person: photo, experience, education, skills, breeds, work samples and certifications. It acts as an online résumé you edit in place. A business has a different page that shows its work and services, and has no education section.
Is the portfolio free?
Yes. Building and publishing a portfolio is free. You can keep it public or limit who sees parts of it. Extras for a business you own, such as books and websites, sit on plans.
How do certificates and awards get confirmed?
You record an award and name who gave it. When the giver is on United Pet Club, they confirm or decline it. Awards given to you by an organization wait for your acceptance. Pending and declined awards never show publicly.
Can I work for more than one business?
Yes. You can be staff at several businesses from one login, see the bookings assigned to you and punch in on the time clock where it is used. Your portfolio stays yours when you move on.
Do I need a business profile to take clients?
Not for most services. A person can offer services such as grooming or training and take bookings on a personal page. Boarding, daycare and veterinary care are for businesses and need a business profile. See for pet professionals.
How do I apply for a job?
Open the careers page, choose an opening and fill in the application form with your résumé. Businesses post openings from their own dashboards, and you can see each one on the business's careers page too.
Where to next
What a business you open gets on one account.
Tools for a salon or van of your own.
Classes, bookings and credentials for trainers.
Your own pets live on the same account.
Start your portfolio
Create a free account, add your profession and build your portfolio.