Intern position question

[MShopes]

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Hello everyone, I'm beginning pharmacy school next year (hopefully) but I have a question. Most likely, I will join a school that is far away from my home (7 hours drive) and I will be living on campus. I will try my best to get intern position starting my first year....my question is that if I work as an intern, does that help me later on to work on that specific pharmacy or can the company of that pharmacy (say walgreens) help hire me closer to my home? I would definitely love to work closer to my home if possible.

I'm aware of the job market but I thought it is worth asking any ways to get an idea of how internship works.

 

[type b pharmD]

Hello everyone, I'm beginning pharmacy school next year (hopefully) but I have a question. Most likely, I will join a school that is far away from my home (7 hours drive) and I will be living on campus. I will try my best to get intern position starting my first year....my question is that if I work as an intern, does that help me later on to work on that specific pharmacy or can the company of that pharmacy (say walgreens) help hire me closer to my home? I would definitely love to work closer to my home if possible.

I'm aware of the job market but I thought it is worth asking any ways to get an idea of how internship works.

Depends on the employer. The more stores/facilities/labs/offices a company has, the better the chances of getting a job near your home when you graduate. Two things that are definite - having internship experience with a company will help you get a job with them, and secondly, most companies are more than willing to help you find placement elsewhere in the country or the region - if you have trained your skills in their business/practice environment, theyd much rather make a few phone calls to keep your skills within the company via a transfer rather than having to hire a new person who has never worked there before.

 

[MShopes]

Depends on the employer. The more stores/facilities/labs/offices a company has, the better the chances of getting a job near your home when you graduate. Two things that are definite - having internship experience with a company will help you get a job with them, and secondly, most companies are more than willing to help you find placement elsewhere in the country or the region - if you have trained your skills in their business/practice environment, theyd much rather make a few phone calls to keep your skills within the company via a transfer rather than having to hire a new person who has never worked there before.

But don't they have a lot of other intern students to the point that I probably wouldn't make a difference to them and therefore they wouldn't try helping me transfer if needed? I'm talking about the biggest companies here: Walgreens and CVS and RiteAid as well.

Another question, do interns get paid actually? Sorry if my questions are stupid. And I really appreciate your response.

 

[type b pharmD]

But don't they have a lot of other intern students to the point that I probably wouldn't make a difference to them and therefore they wouldn't try helping me transfer if needed? I'm talking about the biggest companies here: Walgreens and CVS and RiteAid as well.

Another question, do interns get paid actually? Sorry if my questions are stupid. And I really appreciate your response.

Well if the company has an opening, it is a job opening. You have a leg up being an internal applicant. Yeah maybe youd be competing with other interns, but say for example that there is no pharmacy school back home where you live, there likely wont be many interns even working in that district or area.

Yes interns get paid.

 

[MShopes]

Well if the company has an opening, it is a job opening. You have a leg up being an internal applicant. Yeah maybe youd be competing with other interns, but say for example that there is no pharmacy school back home where you live, there likely wont be many interns even working in that district or area.

Yes interns get paid.

Thanks a lot for your response. Unfortunately, My home is in NYC and we have like 4 pharmacy schools here and the competition is super high. I will do my best to get an intern position and start my networking and then I will see where that takes me.

 

[type b pharmD]

Thanks a lot for your response. Unfortunately, My home is in NYC and we have like 4 pharmacy schools here and the competition is super high. I will do my best to get an intern position and start my networking and then I will see where that takes me.

Perhaps a more realistic idea would be to take whatever job you could get with the company within your region, and then establish yourself as a great worker who can meet company targets, is flexible and willing to go the extra mile, etc. One poster on here (Aznfarmerboi) from NYC has confirmed that at least for one large chain, if you are a valued worker, you will be offered positions before others. Id recommend looking at it like this. You'll get back to NYC someday, you just have to find the best path to get there.

 

[MShopes]

Perhaps a more realistic idea would be to take whatever job you could get with the company within your region, and then establish yourself as a great worker who can meet company targets, is flexible and willing to go the extra mile, etc. One poster on here (Aznfarmerboi) from NYC has confirmed that at least for one large chain, if you are a valued worker, you will be offered positions before others. Id recommend looking at it like this. You'll get back to NYC someday, you just have to find the best path to get there.

Yea most definitely. Once I graduate, I will see where am I able to work and if I can only work near the pharmacy school I graduated from, I will definitely take that job until a new offer comes up near my home. I really have no problems relocating as long as I find a job. I'm pretty flexible.

One good thing is I personally know 3 independent pharmacy owners (one of them wrote me a letter of recommendation) and HOPEFULLY, they will have a job for me once I graduate....just hopefully. Aren't independent pharmacies more better than Chains in terms of working environment?