*Sigh* Nowadays, it seems like every English speaking world has poor prospects for pharmacists.
It
seems that way because that's the attitude du jour for these forums particularly.
The reality is, there are still jobs, even in California... they're just not in San Francisco, Los Angeles or Orange County. They're in Modesto, Visalia, Manteca, Daly City and Stockton, etc.
People are people and thus are simply not flexible. "I don't want to live there", "I don't feel like moving", etc... I hear it all the time from residents and interns at my hospital.
I had a conversation with one of the residents in AmCare who will be leaving on June 30th this year.
Me: Hey, have you figured out what you're doing for employment at the end of your residency?
Him: Nope...
Me: So you're just going to be unemployed?
Him: Well, there are some jobs in the central valley, but who wants to live there? I like the bay.
Me: Facepalm.
There are retail AND clinical spots open in the valley, but no one wants to take the hit on quality of life and move there, so they just complain about the job market instead. People who can't get their intern hours right now can graduate and then get their hours as paid intern/tech level, then sit for NAPLEX. Not the end of the world, but people are just simply not flexible.