well...I am 6'1 and weight 150. Everybody call be skinny. I think I am too tall and weight less (asian too). Guess I can never be a heavy weight champion (unless everybody eat vegetable only). 
WOW You are 5'9 240 lbs? You are overweight. It doesn't matter how much muscle you have. You are never going to catch anyone because your weight slows you down.
Ron Dane was 5'9" 290 pounds and was an extrememly successful college running back who was then drafted into the NFL. 95% of pro athletes are heavy-overweight according to BMI, and believe me every single one of them could catch you. Now stop trying to cause drama!
Do you have a name for the pharmacist and the location where it happened, or is this just an angry anecdote? these companies don't have anti-black policies as many of us here know black pharmacists and techs who work for them.
I called every CVS in the Dallas Tx area and surrounding areas and asked if they were hiring.
young black males are not fit for the pharmacy tech position. Lets be honest!! I am trying my hardest as a young AA male to knock down the barricade for us. It seems like the pharmacist are very judgmental and are uncomfortable. I mean look on TV. who do you see robbing, shooting. drug dealings. Unfortunately its the young black males. so what do you expect the pharmacist to react when they see a young black male like myself to come in and apply for a position dealing with medication. Reality Check!!!. Im sure you heard about that shooting spree that happened TODAY. in Connecticut. black male. So put that in perspective. I am a criminal before a pharmacy tech when I apply for a job and go to the interview... and its a everyday battle that us young black males that are trying to make something for ourselves. we have to deal with this issue on a daily basis. so we have to go the extra mile and watch what we do and make decisions step by step so we don't get looked over.
young black males are not fit for the pharmacy tech position. Lets be honest!! I am trying my hardest as a young AA male to knock down the barricade for us. It seems like the pharmacist are very judgmental and are uncomfortable. I mean look on TV. who do you see robbing, shooting. drug dealings. Unfortunately its the young black males. so what do you expect the pharmacist to react when they see a young black male like myself to come in and apply for a position dealing with medication. Reality Check!!!. Im sure you heard about that shooting spree that happened TODAY. in Connecticut. black male. So put that in perspective. I am a criminal before a pharmacy tech when I apply for a job and go to the interview... and its a everyday battle that us young black males that are trying to make something for ourselves. we have to deal with this issue on a daily basis. so we have to go the extra mile and watch what we do and make decisions step by step so we don't get looked over.
The CVS pharmacy that I work at is very diverse. There is an asian, black, and white pharmacy technician.
Listen man, not everyone is close-minded. They are just probably stacked right now. It took me around 6 months after finally getting a job.
How did you find that job as a tech? Did you just walk into the pharmacy and talk to the pharmacist there?
I'm starting college next month and would like to find a job as a pharm tech, at least as a Summer job or something and would like to start looking ASAP.
Well, besides pharmacy chain stores like Walgreens or CVS, don't most Pharmacy schools have a quota, for lack of a better word, of a % of minorities they need to recruit etc...? Which would be a positive as to being a minority?
Ok, I highly doubt you've called every single CVS in the DFW metroplex.
And did it ever occur to you that there could be other reasons you didn't get the job? Maybe you were competing with techs that already had experience. Maybe you were wanting full time and they were looking for part time (or vice-versa).
When I was applying for tech jobs, I applied for both retail and hospital. Have you tried looking at hospitals? There's like... a ton of them in the Dallas area.
Do you have any experience? What school did you go to to get your certification? Is it possible that THAT's what she meant when she said, "You guys never work?" Or could she have been talking to someone else?
What does your resume look like? Where else have you worked? Look for reasons other than your age and race before you go accusing someone of breaking the law.
I have formal training. but CVS will hire a trainee in a heartbeat. I have received my certification from Texas State University. I paid money to have my resume and CV letter professionally done. I have 3 years customer service and sales experience prior to getting certified.. Until you see a black male pharmacy tech at CVS Or walgreens you let me know. I will do 3 back flips and a somersault for you.
YOU NEED EXP. TO WORK IN A HOSPITAL..
Look... I got the runaround from places like CVS when I was applying, too. I finally got an interview at one CVS and it went really great, but they went with someone else because I could only work part-time and they wanted someone full-time. I worked at a Randalls in Austin for over a year and a half because they promised me they'd transfer me to the pharmacy, and it never happened. Some places are just weird and have different reasons for hiring who they do. It's still a rough economy. Someone might not have been certified, but maybe they had a masters in biochemistry and twelve years of customer service experience, so the place was willing to train them and pay for their PTCB exam.
Not necessarily. I'm working my first tech job at a hospital in Dallas. We've hired several techs since I started, too. Judging by the diversity of employees in my department, I don't think race is much of an issue. Either you didn't apply at my hospital or you didn't get hired because of a reason other than the color of your skin.
Bottlecap, don't forget all the advice SDN gave you during your little adventure on your way to a CVS job. Give us some credit, man. We couldn't let you go to the interview dressed as a bouncer or let you say stupid things during your interview. Also, we told you what book to study and how to study for the PTCB. Remember all those discussions we had? LOL
My point: it isn't easy to get a job in this climate. You have to be fully prepared and have all your bases covered to be competitive and stand out. I really doubt it had anything to do with your ethnicity, classy.
Can I ask you a question though. Are there any black male pharmacy techs at your hospital you work at. case closed!!
No. You're right. What was I thinking? I forgot about our "no black male" policy. Please excuse me... 🙄
Out of the 15 techs in my specific part of pharmacy, 4 are black (3 male, one female). My pharmacy coordinator and pharmacy director are also black females.
Perhaps your ignorance has been hindering your employment?
perhaps it is. after over a year of being genuine,polite,friendly I don't know what to think. I back step and find out what i'm doing wrong and re-evaluate and change it to make it better. forget a tech I'll continue to work at walmart. I'm going to pharmacy school this fall so if no one wants me or don't want to hire me I could care less because I am going to continue to work hard and get my Pharm D degree. then I'll hire qualified young black males just like the Asian and Hispanic pharmacist hire their own people.
Don't fight ignorance with ignorance.
perhaps it is. after over a year of being genuine,polite,friendly I don't know what to think. I back step and find out what i'm doing wrong and re-evaluate and change it to make it better. forget a tech I'll continue to work at walmart. I'm going to pharmacy school this fall so if no one wants me or don't want to hire me I could care less because I am going to continue to work hard and get my Pharm D degree. then I'll hire qualified young black males just like the Asian and Hispanic pharmacist hire their own people.
I'm SO glad you're learning from what happened to you and changing the world for the better! 🙂 Serious note though, my pharmacy manager @ CVS is Indian, she had techs of all races including 2 black techs. The pharmacist that I primarily worked with was black, and he didn't seem to care that I was Asian. I think more people see above color than you think, so PLEASE don't let a few bad experiences twist your view on the world.
young black males are not fit for the pharmacy tech position. Lets be honest!! I am trying my hardest as a young AA male to knock down the barricade for us. It seems like the pharmacist are very judgmental and are uncomfortable. I mean look on TV. who do you see robbing, shooting. drug dealings. Unfortunately its the young black males. so what do you expect the pharmacist to react when they see a young black male like myself to come in and apply for a position dealing with medication. Reality Check!!!. Im sure you heard about that shooting spree that happened TODAY. in Connecticut. black male. So put that in perspective. I am a criminal before a pharmacy tech when I apply for a job and go to the interview... and its a everyday battle that us young black males that are trying to make something for ourselves. we have to deal with this issue on a daily basis. so we have to go the extra mile and watch what we do and make decisions step by step so we don't get looked over.
true but most people think blacks are the ONLY minority. Asians,Hispanics,Indians they are minorities to. so who would you choose/// an Asian or a black. BE HONEST!!!
I am intelligent to know that it could be those reasons but its not. When you hire someone who has no certification vs someone who has certfication. That's a problem. to pay them less or what?? when you constantly hire new people. and you tell me you are fully staffed or your cutting hours just Check the tsbp.com and you can find all of the new employees. I pulled up all the pharmacy companies in dallas from the tsbp.com and went down the list and applied for everyone of them.. Including hospitals. Schools,jails long term care. EVerything you guys are thinking about I already thought about it and done it. I even wrote letters to the directors of pharmacy to intern for little or no pay. YOU NEED EXP. TO WORK IN A HOSPITAL..
I have formal training. but CVS will hire a trainee in a heartbeat. I have received my certification from Texas State University. I paid money to have my resume and CV letter professionally done. I have 3 years customer service and sales experience prior to getting certified.. Until you see a black male pharmacy tech at CVS Or walgreens you let me know. I will do 3 back flips and a somersault for you.
Can I ask you a question though. Are there any black male pharmacy techs at your hospital you work at. case closed!!
perhaps it is. after over a year of being genuine,polite,friendly I don't know what to think. I back step and find out what i'm doing wrong and re-evaluate and change it to make it better. forget a tech I'll continue to work at walmart. I'm going to pharmacy school this fall so if no one wants me or don't want to hire me I could care less because I am going to continue to work hard and get my Pharm D degree. then I'll hire qualified young black males just like the Asian and Hispanic pharmacist hire their own people.
perhaps it is. after over a year of being genuine,polite,friendly I don't know what to think. I back step and find out what i'm doing wrong and re-evaluate and change it to make it better. forget a tech I'll continue to work at walmart. I'm going to pharmacy school this fall so if no one wants me or don't want to hire me I could care less because I am going to continue to work hard and get my Pharm D degree. then I'll hire qualified young black males just like the Asian and Hispanic pharmacist hire their own people.
You should think of moving to the north or east. A lot of racist rednecks down south. I am actually kind of scared because I will apply to one or two schools in the south LOL.
lauradiddle, you aren't helping at all. He's asking serious questions and you can't seem to help but make jokes and be sarcastic.
I'm going to pharmacy school this fall so if no one wants me or don't want to hire me I could care less because I am going to continue to work hard and get my Pharm D degree.
What are you, my dad? Chill out and look past my sarcasm, and you'll see I was genuinely trying to help the guy out and offer some perspective. Of course, it can only go so far when someone (literally) views the world in black and white.
You should think of moving to the north or east. A lot of racist rednecks down south. I am actually kind of scared because I will apply to one or two schools in the south LOL.
AHAHHAHA OF COURSE. YOU SHOULD ALWAYS LISTEN TO THESE GUYS HERE. THEY KNOW WHAT THE **** THEY"RE TALKING ABOUT.
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
1. RXLEA
2. OWLEGRAD
3. SHADOW RX(EVEN THOUGH I DID NOT LIKE HOW HE TALKED TO ME)
4. OTHER SDN MEMBERS THAT HELPED ME ACE THE INTERVIEW AHAHHAHAHAHA.
PEACE OUT![]()
Aww, shucks, don't mention it.
So how are you "enjoying" it? I liked my time at CVS; now I know I want to work hospital pharmacy when I graduate.
I just went to my orientation today. I need to complete a few classes and on the job training at another store before I could work at the store I applied to.
Thanks a bunch
Hi Bottlecap1990!
I just recently applied online for CVS as well. How do I get them to give me an interview? I don't want to wait around and do nothing.
1. why did you revive a dead thread from a month ago?
2. bottlecap is banned. he can't respond to you
3. are you bottlecap?