Applying to a Central Fill job as a tech?

[smileyman22336]

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Applying to CVS central fill. I've only ever worked at Walmart as a tech for five months, so not sure how different this is going to be or if there's going to be a huge learning curve. I have my interview tomorrow and was wondering if you could provide me with any tips or advice. I'm a P3.

 

[Corpseman]

You are a P3 working as a tech?

 

[smileyman22336]

You are a P3 working as a tech?

Yes.

 

[Corpseman]

Yes.

Why? You are doing yourself such a disservice. If you wanted to be a tech, drop out of school.

Are you applying for another tech job?

 

[smileyman22336]

Why? You are doing yourself such a disservice. If you wanted to be a tech, drop out of school.

Are you applying for another tech job?

To gain experience? Because I wasn't a tech before pharmacy school. And on top of that most places don't hire interns here. Due to pay differences.

 

[steveysmith54]

Lol. Don't you need a tech license for that? Why don't they just pay interns tech money and allow them to actually counsel, take new ones, and do other pharmacist duties. They will be doing the interns an favor and also get more production from them.

To answer your question, I'd explain why you like to work for cvs, why central fill, and what sets you apart.

 

[smileyman22336]

Lol. Don't you need a tech license for that? Why don't they just pay interns tech money and allow them to actually counsel, take new ones, and do other pharmacist duties. They will be doing the interns an favor and also get more production from them.

To answer your question, I'd explain why you like to work for cvs, why central fill, and what sets you apart.

Yeah because they usually don't want to pay intern status I ask them to hire me as a tech so I can gain experience. And thanks for your tips.

 

[owlegrad]

Why? You are doing yourself such a disservice. If you wanted to be a tech, drop out of school.

Are you applying for another tech job?

I disagree, you can't always find an intern job and working as a tech beats being unemployed. Obviously take an intern job if possible but its not a 'disservice' to work as a tech. OP would be doing them-self a disservice by taking this advice.

 

[Corpseman]

Yeah because they usually don't want to pay intern status I ask them to hire me as a tech so I can gain experience. And thanks for your tips.

You need to find a job as an intern before you run off to work as a tech in a factory. All you have is your P4 year left anyways, are you going to work as an intern after you graduate pharmacy school for experience?

 

[Corpseman]

I disagree, you can't always find an intern job and working as a tech beats being unemployed. Obviously take an intern job if possible but its not a 'disservice' to work as a tech. OP would be doing them-self a disservice by taking this advice.

Working as a tech for $10 an hour isn't worth his/her time in school. Tech experience is great and all, but there is only so much you can learn as a tech because of how busy they are. I just don't agree that being a tech is better off than being unemployed and being able to focus on extracurricular sand leadership roles which will set them apart more than being a tech 10 hours a week.

 

[owlegrad]

Oh yes extracurriculars are much better than work experience. What was I thinking?

 

[Corpseman]

Oh yes extracurriculars are much better than work experience. What was I thinking?

As someone who is actually going through the initial hiring process, well just went through, they couldn't give two ****s about tech experience. They wanted to know how I counseled and whether or not I could immunize. If I was going for a residency, my work as an intern would weigh less than my extracurriculars and GPAand all that BS.

I also don't believe that there isn't a single company out where the OP is that wouldn't take a chance on a third year pharmacy student with all that fancy work experience

 

[ChalupaBatman86]

Pretty sure CVS doesn't have central fill

 

[owlegrad]

Pretty sure CVS doesn't have central fill

I was going to say this but I figured I don't know every market across the country so who knows.

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[ChalupaBatman86]

Long's had it. They tried it out at those former stores, decided they didn't like it.

 

[maria1oh]

Maybe it's a cvs/caremark Mail order facility he's talking about?

 

[smileyman22336]

Guys I made a big mistake, IDK why when I wrote this I wrote CVS, I guess cause I just had applied there lol. It's actually HEB. But yeah I've also been applying to intern positions but haven't been picked up yet. I really want an intern position to feel comfortable doing pharmacist duties so I won't be stuck when I'm a licensed pharmacist.

 

[BidingMyTime]

Why? You are doing yourself such a disservice. If you wanted to be a tech, drop out of school.

Wrong. In some states (IL for one), there is legal classification of "intern", pharmacy students who want experience MUST get a technician license and work as a technician (some businesses may choose to classify them as an intern, but they are still legally a technician.) Technician experience is excellent experience for a future pharmacist.

 

[lane one]

To gain experience? Because I wasn't a tech before pharmacy school. And on top of that most places don't hire interns here. Due to pay differences.

Is there a minimum wage for interns? Why don't they just hire interns and pay them like ****?

 

[smileyman22336]

From my experience around here they pay around 14 or 15 for intern, and tech anywhere from 9 to 14 or 15 in retail too. But most of the time for tech's its on the lower end. So I guess it's just pay issues. But I've applied to multiple intern positions, and I never get a call back. Although that's what I really want, to simulate being a pharmacist...Not sure what to do.