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[Chaajo]

I have a general question. When you apply for the job, do the recruiters look into your scores dated back year 1 even if most of the subjects were mainly general science(bio, chem)? Or do they just put more focus on your performance in the pharmacy subjects?
Thank you.

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[naseuy]

They don't care about your grades.

 

[Lnsean]

no one will care about your grades

 

[Sunshine98]

Licensed = check
Breathing = check

you are good to go (after background and drug testing)

 

[Wheresmyaricept]

I think mine ask me what my pharmacy school GPA was. I don't think they asked for official transcripts.

You said 4.0, right?

 

[trailerpark]

Walmart grad intern application asks for GPA. I'd say they use it more for those who have never worked for them before.

 

[Chaajo]

Thanks for your replies everyone.

How about your degree and the school you graduated from?

 

[Dred Pirate]

Thanks for your replies everyone.

How about your degree and the school you graduated from?

this does matter - IF you are a new or fairly new grad. Especially with the proliferation of new schools out there, I will place an emphasis on it.

Grades? same thing - only if a new grad, if you have been out of school for a while, who cares, your work speaks for itself.

 

[Chaajo]

this does matter - IF you are a new or fairly new grad. Especially with the proliferation of new schools out there, I will place an emphasis on it.

Grades? same thing - only if a new grad, if you have been out of school for a while, who cares, your work speaks for itself.

If they look at new schools in the US this way then how about a degree coming from a foreign school?
So if I mention in my resume my internship experience in a research lab or past experience in any community service within the US, will it make my application likely to come through?

 

[eagles22]

If they look at new schools in the US this way then how about a degree coming from a foreign school?
So if I mention in my resume my internship experience in a research lab or past experience in any community service within the US, will it make my application likely to come through?

As someone already put it, licensed in the US + breathing is what they care about.

 

[Dred Pirate]

As someone already put it, licensed in the US + breathing is what they care about.

in today;s job market that is not the truth, you have to have something worth while, unfortunately, licensed pharmacist are getting close to a dime a dozen

 

[SoylentGreen]

My recruiter at a large retail chain cared about my potential to be a manager (rph's with a pulse are a dime a dozen, rph's capable of managing a pharmacy are not), and, since it's an undesirable area, whether I would jump ship to my hometown or a desirable city at the first opportunity (why do you want to live in BFE?). Grades never came up.

 

[Sparda29]

It's on the job apps but it's not a required field. The only time I ever got asked about it seriously was when I applied for an intern position at this hospital in the Bronx. Didn't get the intern position but I'm working there as a per diem pharmacist now (they didn't ask me about the GPA for the pharmacist position).