about Indipendent pharmacies?

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Hi pharmacists!

I'm an Italian graduated Pharmacist, willing to move to US. I know I've to pas FPGEE (Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Examination) and then make about 1500hrs as an intern, NAPLEX, Jurisprudence exam and get a visa sponsorship.

My family here owns an independent pharmacy since 40 years, I could say that i grew up in pharmacy and really like this job.
I've read most of your topics, and I found few informations about Indipendent pharmacies: I've read on internet that there are more than 23k in the US.


How is Independent pharmacies business going? Which skills/attitude are required to work in that contest?

Do you think that it is possible for a good skilled Italian pharmacist to find an internship/job in an independent pharmacy? and then a future visa sponsorship? (tell me the truth about what you think that it could be being italian too: I don't really know if it could be easy in such a small contest and if we have a good reputation)

Is it reasonably possible for a foreign graduate to pursue owning an independent pharmacy (after years of experience I mean), could it be a good direction? (I wouldn't leave Italy and my own business for working in a big retail chain forever as a dependent, and I really like caring about customers and working hard, but I need independence).

If you could think that's a good idea, how could you suggest me to try finding out internship? Being foreign makes it easier for me relocating, since I have no location in US.

I would be grateful if anyone could suggest me.

 

[RealityRx]

Hi!

Proud Italian here. I'm sure our names look very similar on paper. Now that I've moved down to Virginia from NY, no one can pronounce my name right. As far as I can tell, being a hard working, common sense Italian has only served to further my career. People remember you. They ask for me as The Italian. "Is The Italian there today? She helped me last time." It's all what you make of it, and you can surely use it to your advantage. This is still America and it doesn't matter where you came from. It matters what you can do.

Do you have family here? There's an endless number of Italian small business owners in the Tri-State area around NYC. I'd contact the Chamber of Commerce in areas like Queens/Brooklyn, and see if they could give you the names of Italian owned pharmacies in the area. Then I'd go visit them and ask every question I could think of. I'm sure they'd love to help you, and be able to give you much better advice on how to proceed than I ever could.