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[liberty bell]

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hello everyone. i was wondering if i can get some help from anyone...i just recently graduated from pharmacy school and since i am in international stduent...its really hard for me to find jobs out there. i cant work for a chain or hospital. so i was thinking if you go to graduate school and do more skooling. anyone know what graduate programs pharmacists can go into? or anything suggestions what i can do ?

 

[Its Z]

get a PhD in pharmacology or something..then maybe you can get a teaching job afterwards... or meanwhile, you can marry an American citizen.

 

[Actinomycin]

hello everyone. i was wondering if i can get some help from anyone...i just recently graduated from pharmacy school and since i am in international stduent...its really hard for me to find jobs out there. i cant work for a chain or hospital. so i was thinking if you go to graduate school and do more skooling. anyone know what graduate programs pharmacists can go into? or anything suggestions what i can do ?

Why cant you work for a chain or hospital? Pharmacists get into pharmacology, med chem, pharmaceutics and pharmacoeconomic graduate programs. That is going to mean atleast 4-5 more years of school. Also I hope the "skooling", "stduent" and "anything suggestions" were just typos otherwise writing a dissertation might be a little difficult. Best option as Z said - find a US citizen and get married.

 

[Its Z]

foreigners cant work in the US unless employer sponsors them and help obtain work visa on their behalf. why would hospitals and chains go through all that trouble in hiring a foreigner when pharmacists are dime a dozen?

 

[SpirivaSunrise]

foreigners cant work in the US unless employer sponsors them and help obtain work visa on their behalf. why would hospitals and chains go through all that trouble in hiring a foreigner when pharmacists are dime a dozen?

One of my good friends who graduated w/ me is being sponsored (has been for the past 3+ years) by CVS in TN.

 

[Its Z]

One of my good friends who graduated w/ me is being sponsored (has been for the past 3+ years) by CVS in TN.

3 years ago..... different times.

 

[SpirivaSunrise]

3 years ago..... different times.

Nope...still is. She hasn't gotten her papers yet.

 

[crazybob]

Dang. My school required every student to be a citizen or a permanent resident before getting accepted. I guess things have changed.

 

[minette]

Try to find a company to sponsor you...I know an international who was able to find a job to sponsor him this summer....you could do a phD in pharmacokinetics (3 to 4 yrs) and jobs in PK are not too hard to find especially if u went to a decent school and the salary is slightly higher than a pharmacist salary. I know an intl who just got hired by a big pharmaceutical company and is making 120k+....or u could get a MBA if you have any interest in management...Good luck!!! I know what u feel, i am intl student too...

hello everyone. i was wondering if i can get some help from anyone...i just recently graduated from pharmacy school and since i am in international stduent...its really hard for me to find jobs out there. i cant work for a chain or hospital. so i was thinking if you go to graduate school and do more skooling. anyone know what graduate programs pharmacists can go into? or anything suggestions what i can do ?

 

[Actinomycin]

Try to find a company to sponsor you...I know an international who was able to find a job to sponsor him this summer....you could do a phD in pharmacokinetics (3 to 4 yrs) and jobs in PK are not too hard to find especially if u went to a decent school and the salary is slightly higher than a pharmacist salary. I know an intl who just got hired by a big pharmaceutical company and is making 120k+....or u could get a MBA if you have any interest in management...Good luck!!! I know what u feel, i am intl student too...

Salary is not slightly higher, it is slightly (or more than slightly) lower than pharmacists. Check out the following link. Enter the company of your choice - Merck, Pfizer, BMS, etc etc and try finding a scientist getting paid 100k+

http://flcdatacenter.com/CaseH1B.aspx

 

[Actinomycin]

foreigners cant work in the US unless employer sponsors them and help obtain work visa on their behalf. why would hospitals and chains go through all that trouble in hiring a foreigner when pharmacists are dime a dozen?

I know about the work visa thing. I wasnt aware they had stopped sponsoring them completely. I just thought it had gotten a little tougher to get one.