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Anyone else posting here out of work?
Anyone else posting here out of work?
I was just wondering how many of us pharmacists posting here were out of work. I may go to waiting tables before going to McDonald's, may make better tips.
Anyone else posting here out of work?
That's assuming you can even get a job at McDonald's or waiting tables. Chances are, they'll tell you that you're overqualified (whether coded or not) and even if they don't, these days you can't get a job like that unless you're covered with tattoos and have enough body jewelry to set off a metal detector from a distance of 100 yards.
I did call managers at Walmart directly, and they told me there were no job openings anywhere near me. I have responsibilities where I live, and a lease and other things so I can't just pick up and move. When I apply for jobs waitressing, I will tell them that I need to start working and earning money. I will put it in a cover letter.
At least the people with the tattoos and body piercings are working. I'm not as an unemployed pharmacist. I really regret going to pharmacy school and racking up big student loans.
<< still here!
I get some perks because I was mentioned in an SDN article:
http://studentdoctor.net/2010/04/sdn-community-in-action-exposing-fraud/
Don't forget SHC. She was the most truthful of all.
you should have read the warning threads from rxforlife2004, capaxone, PharmaTope, TC714, Triangulation, and BMbiology since 2009. They were all banned for telling the truth, unfortunately.
People keep calling me...and in the interest of not burning bridges I answer/reply and politely decline.
And I'm in super saturated california. Are you guys doing something wrong?
The saturation started in 2009. That was when the chains cut their expansion plan. This did not only affect pharmacists but also pharmacy students as many internships were eliminated. This is why so many new graduates have little or no real pharmacy experience. How are these new graduates going to compete?
Coupled with the expansion of pharmacy schools and the need for rotation sites (aka free labor), there is no need to hire as many interns as before. In fact many pharmacy schools now even pay for rotation sites.
The saturation started in 2009. That was when the chains cut their expansion plan. This did not only affect pharmacists but also pharmacy students as many internships were eliminated. This is why so many new graduates have little or no real pharmacy experience. How are these new graduates going to compete?
Coupled with the expansion of pharmacy schools and the need for rotation sites (aka free labor), there is no need to hire as many interns as before. In fact many pharmacy schools now even pay for rotation sites.
Reason #467,813 why I am glad I did not have children, and was therefore able to retire at the ripe old age of 47 years 50 weeks.
I still feel bad about blowing up the bridge at my last pharmacy job, but that job was on the verge of putting me into the hospital where I worked, and doing otherwise was not an option. BTW, it took them 5 months to find a replacement for me. Yes, it was in a rural, economically depressed area, but there were big cities an hour or two's drive in several directions.
The saturation started in 2009. That was when the chains cut their expansion plan. This did not only affect pharmacists but also pharmacy students as many internships were eliminated. This is why so many new graduates have little or no real pharmacy experience.
300 pharmacist positions vs. 12,719 new graduates. That's a little more than 2%. CVS and Walgreens employ the most pharmacists. So you can talk about how this or that recruiter tried to recruit you but this number gives you a good picture of the harsh reality facing new graduates and it's going to get worse.
That's assuming you can even get a job at McDonald's or waiting tables. Chances are, they'll tell you that you're overqualified (whether coded or not) and even if they don't, these days you can't get a job like that unless you're covered with tattoos and have enough body jewelry to set off a metal detector from a distance of 100 yards.
You do understand that you can use that logic for almost every occupation, right?
If you do find yourself applying for a job you're overqualified for, best not to mention your qualifications. I've heard of lawyers, whose field is more oversaturated than ours, being unable to get jobs doing something else until they stopped mentioning their law degrees on their resumes.
300 pharmacist positions vs. 12,719 new graduates. That's a little more than 2%. CVS and Walgreens employ the most pharmacists. So you can talk about how this or that recruiter tried to recruit you but this number gives you a good picture of the harsh reality facing new graduates and it's going to get worse.
So are we pretending nobody retires, quits, changes careers, etc.?
Yes but do you want to move to rural Kentucky?
Sorry, I didn't know there are cities in Kentucky !
How about instead of people bragging they are getting calls from recruiters give some of us who are out of work recruiter names?
Because most of the jobs in the area no longer use recruiters since so many people are looking for work, and I have signed up already with all agencies in the area. Thanks.