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[TemSirolimus]

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For current P4s on rotations or about to start, how early do you start applying for jobs? What is advisable in this regard?

 

[PharmaTope]

For current P4s on rotations or about to start, how early do you start applying for jobs? What is advisable in this regard?

you can apply but remember there are tons of out of work pharmacists out there who will take the job immediately than waiting 6 months down the road.

i say apply now. this isnt going ot be pretty. also have a backup plan for not getting hired. this is the reality of pharmacy. you may be out of work for a while. the liklihood of you not finding a job is VERY HIGH. im sorry but this is what pharmacy is right now.

 

[TemSirolimus]

you can apply but remember there are tons of out of work pharmacists out there who will take the job immediately than waiting 6 months down the road.

i say apply now. this isnt going ot be pretty. also have a backup plan for not getting hired. this is the reality of pharmacy. you may be out of work for a while. the liklihood of you not finding a job is VERY HIGH. im sorry but this is what pharmacy is right now.

In all honesty, I have a very solid back-up plan in place. Also, through various means, I invested very little in my pharmacy education, monetary speaking. I consider myself lucky.

Perhaps 'Its Z' can offer some insight in this, I am looking for jobs in the most remote of places, don't really care for metropolitan locales. How early is too early, regardless of the market?

PharmaTope...glass half empty much?

 

[Its Z]

In all honesty, I have a very solid back-up plan in place. Also, through various means, I invested very little in my pharmacy education, monetary speaking. I consider myself lucky.

Perhaps 'Its Z' can offer some insight in this, I am looking for jobs in the most remote of places, don't really care for metropolitan locales. How early is too early, regardless of the market?

PharmaTope...glass half empty much?

timing is everything. If place has an opening and you're licensed, you're golden... yet you're not licensed yet so I'm not sure how seriously they'll look at you. You could get hired on as an intern...then transition to a pharmacist...

It's never too early to start networking yet applying for a job while you're not licensed won't help much.

 

[TemSirolimus]

timing is everything. If place has an opening and you're licensed, you're golden... yet you're not licensed yet so I'm not sure how seriously they'll look at you. You could get hired on as an intern...then transition to a pharmacist...

It's never too early to start networking yet applying for a job while you're not licensed won't help much.

Thanks tonnes!

 

[jinga]

you can apply but remember there are tons of out of work pharmacists out there who will take the job immediately than waiting 6 months down the road.

i say apply now. this isnt going ot be pretty. also have a backup plan for not getting hired. this is the reality of pharmacy. you may be out of work for a while. the liklihood of you not finding a job is VERY HIGH. im sorry but this is what pharmacy is right now.

Dude, please lighten up. There are tough times ahead...indeed. But you're depressing people. Let's try to be proactive and think about how to move forward rather than act fearful.

 

[CUninja]

dude, please lighten up. There are tough times ahead...indeed. But you're depressing people. Let's try to be proactive and think about how to move forward rather than act fearful.

qft

 

[WVUPharm2007]

Try to get a job as early and frequently as possible. Use your connections to the fullest. The only promising prospects I have are through networking...and mostly on here. Actually, start posting on here as much as possible. There are some powerful and influential people on here. My real life connections are useless being as though there are no jobs where they work in PA or Northern WV. Carry around a rabbit's foot, too.

 

[TemSirolimus]

Try to get a job as early and frequently as possible. Use your connections to the fullest. The only promising prospects I have are through networking...and mostly on here. Actually, start posting on here as much as possible. There are some powerful and influential people on here. My real life connections are useless being as though there are no jobs where they work in PA or Northern WV. Carry around a rabbit's foot, too.

this.

Learned early on in my career that it is who you know, not what you know that get those doors open.

 

[rxforlife2004]

It's gonna be tough, but you gotta try your best during these hard times. Make sure you take ur board exam at the same time (or as early as possible)with your friends...If there is an openning and you are not licensed yet...the job won't wait for you. It'll be gone sooner than you think.

Good luck.

 

[ucrx]

For current P4s on rotations or about to start, how early do you start applying for jobs? What is advisable in this regard?

I think most people in my class starting applying in September, unless they were applying with a company they already worked for. The offers trickled in from retail and hospital pharmacies through the winter and spring. Some found jobs toward the end of spring, and I think a few are still looking.

 

[pharmwannebe2]

I think most people in my class starting applying in September, unless they were applying with a company they already worked for. The offers trickled in from retail and hospital pharmacies through the winter and spring. Some found jobs toward the end of spring, and I think a few are still looking.

I am very curious about this too. Did they apply to be a graduate pharmacist (only to start working there after they get a degree and have a contract set up) during rotations or pharmacy intern (P-4)? Because I have heard of people getting job offers to become a pharmacist for the chains in like december. I'm not sure if these people actually worked as interns before the contract was set up or if they just got them to commit early.

I think august/sept seems to best time to be going for an internship cause some students who are younger aren't on the prowl for a job and might have left the company.

 

[ucrx]

I am very curious about this too. Did they apply to be a graduate pharmacist (only to start working there after they get a degree and have a contract set up) during rotations or pharmacy intern (P-4)? Because I have heard of people getting job offers to become a pharmacist for the chains in like december. I'm not sure if these people actually worked as interns before the contract was set up or if they just got them to commit early.

I think august/sept seems to best time to be going for an internship cause some students who are younger aren't on the prowl for a job and might have left the company.

They signed on to train while still in school then become pharmacists for the company as soon as they get licensed. Around here, all of the chains make you stop working for them around January/February if you haven't signed on with them.

 

[aboveliquidice]

They signed on to train while still in school then become pharmacists for the company as soon as they get licensed. Around here, all of the chains make you stop working for them around January/February if you haven't signed on with them.

If you haven't made significant career moves by December of your P4 year(read residency or paid intern position), you are pretty much preparing yourself to apply for work after passing NAPLEX / MPJE.

there is nothing wrong with either path... This year happens to have been more difficult to land jobs via the latter path.

 

[BMBiology]

The only promising prospects I have are through networking...and mostly on here. Actually, start posting on here as much as possible. There are some powerful and influential people on here.

Who told you i am powerful?

 

[WVUPharm2007]

Who told you i am powerful?

Nobody, you nobody. I wasn't talking about you.

 

[genesis09]

I am still getting lots of e-mails for open shifts in Green Bay/Fox Valley area.