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[zikka]

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I am a foreign trained pharmacist,got registered in October,i can't simply get a job in MD.I put in application almost every day,i call PDM's,send out emails,no luck,i'm not looking for Visa sponsorship,i'm a citizen,you're right,yes!!Why would someone not give me a job?
I'm planning to take a Tech job at CVS if that would help.What are your suggestions,you are my only hope?

 

[rph3664]

Unfortunately, that's the American job market nowadays. Just a few years ago, anyone with a valid license could get a job almost anywhere, but that isn't true any more.

🙁

 

[PharmtoCS]

:troll:

 

[glory4england]

I am a foreign trained pharmacist,got registered in October,i can't simply get a job in MD.I put in application almost every day,i call PDM's,send out emails,no luck,i'm not looking for Visa sponsorship,i'm a citizen,you're right,yes!!Why would someone not give me a job?
I'm planning to take a Tech job at CVS if that would help.What are your suggestions,you are my only hope?

Relocate. Northeastern US is super saturated. Even students from U.S. colleges are having hard time finding positions.

TBH I don't even know if you will be able to find a tech job :/ Why would a pharmacy hire a pharmacist to do technician work :/

 

[MountainPharmD]

I hear there is a big shortage in India. You should try there.

 

[ACE Rx]

I here there is a big shortage in India. You should try there.

I also heard China has a huge shortage of pharmacists as well.

 

[smercer]

I also heard China has a huge shortage of pharmacists as well.

And if you can get a job in China, then you will have a leg up on all the competition when China takes over the world.

 

[PENVK]

Can't believe you guys are so racist. No wonder the whole world hates Americans because of this type of attitude.👎

 

[PENVK]

I am a foreign trained pharmacist,got registered in October,i can't simply get a job in MD.I put in application almost every day,i call PDM's,send out emails,no luck,i'm not looking for Visa sponsorship,i'm a citizen,you're right,yes!!Why would someone not give me a job?
I'm planning to take a Tech job at CVS if that would help.What are your suggestions,you are my only hope?

Job market sucks right now for pharmacy. I've seen job offers/postings for technicians more than for pharmacists. It is also dependent on where you live. Big cities/states=lesser opportunities. You might choose to relocate or wait and see approach. Most websites are like a black hole. Your resume goes in and and does not come out. I'm licensed in 3 states and still having a hard time finding anything concrete. Things are different now. My prediction is gonna be worse and going down hill thanks to older pharmacists not retiring and too many people attending pharmacy school.

 

[smercer]

Can't believe you guys are so racist. No wonder the whole world hates Americans because of this type of attitude.👎

Please do not throw around the Racism card. No one here was being racist. Yes there were some jokes made, but those jokes were far from being racist.

What would you like us to say? Someone already posted a similar explanation to yours in the comments. Also there are only like 4 other job related threads active in the forum atm.

 

[rxlea]

Can't believe you guys are so racist. No wonder the whole world hates Americans because of this type of attitude.👎

The whole world hates America???

 

[samisab786]

I wrote a really long post and realized you're not a pharmacy student, lol wow. Not sure if I can offer help to a pharmacist except I do think the job market is not well, and that is true even of students like me.

 

[504poboy]

it depends on what you are looking for.....are u looking for high volume chains such as walgreens and cvs...or hospital...i suggest you get your technician license, dont tell anyone that you are pharmacist when you apply....get your foot in the door that way!....walgreens and cvs have high turnover rates for their technicians....they are a dime a dozen....work your ass off as and get cool with the district manager and the pharmacy manager....when they need tech help at another store...volunteer to pickup extra shifts..that way your name is out there....all the pharmacists will know you are the "supertech"....know how to figure out the insurance claims...then talk to your dm and ask them if they have any openings for pharmacists even for floater prn....walgreens has this thing called market scheduling which is their online scheduling....they always have shifts available in nearby cities...you can look up available shifts for a whole month ahead of time like for a 5000 mile radius...if you are willing to drive and take shifts..they wont pay for gas but its a job....buy a good work car thats good on gas that is at least 40 mpg....my entire life revolved around walgreens for a good 1 year before i got a staff position at a store...i was walgreens bitch for a year...i hated it but i sucked it up and did what i had to do....thank god i had no kids and was single...i definitely couldn't have done it if i had a family....i have loans and bills to pay...but look at it this way.....i have health insurance and a job....so many patients at walgreens are losing their jobs and insurance.....when you hear about stories like that, it puts things in perspective....dude, im indian and thats what I had to do....walgreens is hiring but only quality pharmacists....walgreens store managers and district managers dont give 2 ****s about you....all they are worried about is their fat bonus check for keeping employee hours low and no overtime....you gotta meet the metrics and keep customers happy....as a pharmacist, its your license is on the line...dont let the store manager force you to early fill a hydrocodone...u got alot of **** to do like flu shots, MTM, counseling, drive thru.....keeping the wait time somewhat low.....walgreens has a badass system where you can type an image for another store and verify it as well...there are some ******* technicians and pharmacists that type and verify for other stores...all you are doing is letting the management know that you have plenty of time to do other stores...dont do stuff like that....work on your own store so you can improve the wait times and customer service surveys.....walgreens likes to cut back on tech hours....easiest way to request for more tech hours is to stop verifying for other stores and typing in for other stores....work on the MTM list and ask everyone for a flu shot...offer to flavor every flipping reconstituted antibiotic and liquid even if its a hydrocodone syrup.....walgreens is trying so hard to win express scripts patients back...they have a list of the top prescribers in the area...work on that list when you slow down....u gotta be real cool with your pharmacy manager and store manager so yall are both are on the same page when it comes to certain things....you have your good days and bad.....the only way around the bad days is to make sure all your techs are on the same page...they have jobs but its just what you willing to put up with to get a job...only the strong survive in retail...hopefully this will help others...good luck...be well biotches

 

[WVUPharm2007]

The whole world hates America???

Yes. The whole thing. Including America.

 

[SoylentGreen]

Can't believe you guys are so racist. No wonder the whole world hates Americans because of this type of attitude.👎

I don't care if they're so white that they make the assassin from The DaVinci code look like 50 Cent, I'm not thrilled with the idea of bringing in foreigners to take jobs in an already saturated market.

 

[smercer]

I don't care if they're so white that they make the assassin from The DaVinci code look like 50 Cent, I'm not thrilled with the idea of bringing in foreigners to take jobs in an already saturated market.

Yeap...people think you are anti-American if you are for jobs being sent overseas, but you are a total racist if you are against foreigners coming in and taking jobs in America. Yet, they net the exact same thing, one less job for someone born here.

I mean we do need foreigners to take some jobs, such as many of the Mexican immigrants who work on farms and such. Mostly because many Americans just refuse to do that type of work. However, we do not need educated immigrants coming in and taking jobs that require many years of education to acquire. As the education system in America puts many in debt trying to get that education to compete. Just wait for when the Chinese see some real progress in their new college system. They are going to be pumping out grads and sending them everywhere. (I was not joking about getting a leg up for when China takes over the world.)

 

[rxlea]

Yes. The whole thing. Including America.

Lulz

it's all Apple's fault.

 

[radio frequency]

it depends on what you are looking for.....are u looking for high volume chains such as walgreens and cvs...or hospital...i suggest you get your technician license, dont tell anyone that you are pharmacist when you apply....get your foot in the door that way!....walgreens and cvs have high turnover rates for their technicians....they are a dime a dozen....

Paragraphs and periods, please. Text walls are really hard to read. Thanks.

 

[ancienbon]

it depends on what you are looking for.....are u looking for high volume chains such as walgreens and cvs...or hospital...i suggest you get your technician license, dont tell anyone that you are pharmacist when you apply....get your foot in the door that way!....walgreens and cvs have high turnover rates for their technicians....they are a dime a dozen....work your ass off as and get cool with the district manager and the pharmacy manager....when they need tech help at another store...volunteer to pickup extra shifts..that way your name is out there....all the pharmacists will know you are the "supertech"....know how to figure out the insurance claims...then talk to your dm and ask them if they have any openings for pharmacists even for floater prn....walgreens has this thing called market scheduling which is their online scheduling....they always have shifts available in nearby cities...you can look up available shifts for a whole month ahead of time like for a 5000 mile radius...if you are willing to drive and take shifts..they wont pay for gas but its a job....buy a good work car thats good on gas that is at least 40 mpg....my entire life revolved around walgreens for a good 1 year before i got a staff position at a store...i was walgreens bitch for a year...i hated it but i sucked it up and did what i had to do....thank god i had no kids and was single...i definitely couldn't have done it if i had a family....i have loans and bills to pay...but look at it this way.....i have health insurance and a job....so many patients at walgreens are losing their jobs and insurance.....when you hear about stories like that, it puts things in perspective....dude, im indian and thats what I had to do....walgreens is hiring but only quality pharmacists....walgreens store managers and district managers dont give 2 ****s about you....all they are worried about is their fat bonus check for keeping employee hours low and no overtime....you gotta meet the metrics and keep customers happy....as a pharmacist, its your license is on the line...dont let the store manager force you to early fill a hydrocodone...u got alot of **** to do like flu shots, MTM, counseling, drive thru.....keeping the wait time somewhat low.....walgreens has a badass system where you can type an image for another store and verify it as well...there are some ******* technicians and pharmacists that type and verify for other stores...all you are doing is letting the management know that you have plenty of time to do other stores...dont do stuff like that....work on your own store so you can improve the wait times and customer service surveys.....walgreens likes to cut back on tech hours....easiest way to request for more tech hours is to stop verifying for other stores and typing in for other stores....work on the MTM list and ask everyone for a flu shot...offer to flavor every flipping reconstituted antibiotic and liquid even if its a hydrocodone syrup.....walgreens is trying so hard to win express scripts patients back...they have a list of the top prescribers in the area...work on that list when you slow down....u gotta be real cool with your pharmacy manager and store manager so yall are both are on the same page when it comes to certain things....you have your good days and bad.....the only way around the bad days is to make sure all your techs are on the same page...they have jobs but its just what you willing to put up with to get a job...only the strong survive in retail...hopefully this will help others...good luck...be well biotches

Please edit . You need coma, period... and so on.

 

[rph3664]

I can't get over how poorly some allegedly well-educated people write.

 

[Unchained]

Try Rite Aid in Maryland. They hire the most foreign pharmacists around here. Try to differentiate yourself from all the other foreign pharmacists who don't even pretend they want to counsel or talk to Americans. I find that many foreign pharmacists also are rude or disrespectful to women because of their particular upbringing so you should pretend you respect women. Don't talk to them on the phone as if the sole reason for their existence is to produce an heir, cook you food and clean your mancave.

 

[rph3664]

Try Rite Aid in Maryland. They hire the most foreign pharmacists around here. Try to differentiate yourself from all the other foreign pharmacists who don't even pretend they want to counsel or talk to Americans. I find that many foreign pharmacists also are rude or disrespectful to women because of their particular upbringing so you should pretend you respect women. Don't talk to them on the phone as if the sole reason for their existence is to produce an heir, cook you food and clean your mancave.

I got the impression that the OP is a woman. Most of the foreign pharmacists I've encountered, whether IRL or otherwise, were female.

The best example was transferring all the prescriptions to or from Florida for the snowbirds. It seemed that most of the retail pharmacists there were Asian women who spoke almost no English. 🙄

 

[504poboy]

Try Rite Aid in Maryland. They hire the most foreign pharmacists around here. Try to differentiate yourself from all the other foreign pharmacists who don't even pretend they want to counsel or talk to Americans. I find that many foreign pharmacists also are rude or disrespectful to women because of their particular upbringing so you should pretend you respect women. Don't talk to them on the phone as if the sole reason for their existence is to produce an heir, cook you food and clean your mancave.

I'm a chauvinistic pig. A woman's place is on the kitchen counter not the pharmacy counter. The problem with women is that they can't handle stress at work. When my techs are all guys, my work flow is so smooth and easy. I don't need to tell the guys anything. They get their work done without saying a thing or complaining. When I work with women even the pharmacists, every single one is on their rag and take it out on the customer. I tell them to do something, they start breathing all hard or give this loud exhale. There are lots of technicians that are single mothers. They know pharmacists make 55+ an hour and they are miserable with their job and kids. In my head, I'm thinking you should have used plan B or went to school. Then they start talking about their significant other. I'm like why on earth did you get married then get a divorce.

 

[LIU2010RX]

Yes definatly I agree with you.

 

[Sparda29]

I got the impression that the OP is a woman. Most of the foreign pharmacists I've encountered, whether IRL or otherwise, were female.

The best example was transferring all the prescriptions to or from Florida for the snowbirds. It seemed that most of the retail pharmacists there were Asian women who spoke almost no English. 🙄

I always read SHC's posts with the voice of an Asian lady in my head.

 

[Deja]

Have you considered Singapore? PM me or email me at

[email protected]


The pharmacy field in Singapore is growing very rapidly and is a very exciting time to be in....👍

lol how much are they paying in singapore and whats the board requirement? I wouldn't mind living in singapore for a year or 2 if the pay and everything is like U.S.

 

[xiphoid2010]

lol how much are they paying in singapore and whats the board requirement? I wouldn't mind living in singapore for a year or 2 if the pay and everything is like U.S.

Well, even if they do, you will probably need to be fluent in both verbal and written Chinese, as well as learning all the Chinese drug names and technical terms.