Opinions From the Studentdoc Pharmacy Experts

[doubletwenty]

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http://www3.forbes.com/leadership/the-25-most-promising-jobs-for-millennials/12/

What do you pharmacists think about what FORBES have to say that there will be a 15% job growth of pharmacists by 2022? All forms of criticism are welcome.

 

[zelman]

http://www3.forbes.com/leadership/the-25-most-promising-jobs-for-millennials/12/

What do you pharmacists think about what FORBES have to say that there will be a 15% job growth of pharmacists by 2022? All forms of criticism are welcome.

Supply growth is not taken into account, so it is meaningless.

 

[Humble Sloth]

http://www3.forbes.com/leadership/the-25-most-promising-jobs-for-millennials/12/

What do you pharmacists think about what FORBES have to say that there will be a 15% job growth of pharmacists by 2022? All forms of criticism are welcome.

The growth will be less than 3% (Job Outlook, 2014-24 3% (Slower than average)). This is from the Federal government which has access to a lot more relevant data than Forbes.com. I wouldn't be suprised if some pharmacy schools lobbied forbes to list that false metric to increase enrollment.

Not only have demand decreased a lot (clinical pharmacy got killed by NP and PA growth) but the supply is getting hyper inflated. You don't even need a degree to go to pharmacy school and you can get the degree in 3 years.

 

[TheBlaah]

I'm thinking that article is outdated and uses the BLS report from 2012 rather than the updated one for 2014.