Job outlook

[badears]

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Does anyone know what the future will look like for pharmacists entering the workplace. I just started and it will take some time but I think that 2011 is when I will graduate. I have read in some online publications stating that at the start of 2008, the demand will start to slow down. I wonder if that can be translated as "after 2008, forget about it!" or "after 2008, good luck!"? Does anyone have some evidences to support this line of thinking or is there a pot o' gold under a different rainbow? Thanks!

 

[ucdbiochem]

yea, my friend read something similar.

 

[mrgarlic]

Does anyone know what the future will look like for pharmacists entering the workplace. I just started and it will take some time but I think that 2011 is when I will graduate. I have read in some online publications stating that at the start of 2008, the demand will start to slow down. I wonder if that can be translated as "after 2008, forget about it!" or "after 2008, good luck!"? Does anyone have some evidences to support this line of thinking or is there a pot o' gold under a different rainbow? Thanks!

Do you have a link to this article?

 

[jacobtp]

Does anyone know what the future will look like for pharmacists entering the workplace. I just started and it will take some time but I think that 2011 is when I will graduate. I have read in some online publications stating that at the start of 2008, the demand will start to slow down. I wonder if that can be translated as "after 2008, forget about it!" or "after 2008, good luck!"? Does anyone have some evidences to support this line of thinking or is there a pot o' gold under a different rainbow? Thanks!

"Very good employment opportunities are expected for pharmacists over the 2002-12 period because the number of degrees granted in pharmacy is expected to be less than the number of job openings created by employment growth and the need to replace pharmacists who retire or otherwise leave the occupation. Recently, enrollments in pharmacy programs are rising as more students are attracted by high salaries and good job prospects. Despite this increase in enrollments, pharmacist jobs should still be more numerous than those seeking employment."

"Employment of pharmacists is expected to grow faster than the average for all occupations through the year 2012, due to the increased pharmaceutical needs of a growing elderly population and increased use of medications. The growing numbers of middle-aged and elderly people?who, on average, use more prescription drugs than do younger people?will continue to spur demand for pharmacists in all employment settings. Other factors likely to increase the demand for pharmacists include scientific advances that will make more drug products available, new developments in genome research and medication distribution systems, increasingly sophisticated consumers seeking more information about drugs, and coverage of prescription drugs by a greater number of health insurance plans and by Medicare."

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos079.htm#outlook
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2004-05 Edition