What does Tiger Woods have to do with getting an interview for a pharmacist position?

Tiger Woods gets paid $100 million every year to endorse products, because having his name associated with products helps make billions in sales.

His image is no longer the same to those companies.  The media now refers to him as “Cheetah”, rather than “Tiger”. It is still possible for him to make a lot of money from endorsements, but they will have to alter the way they promote Tiger Woods’s image with the products.  His picture perfect image is no longer the same.  I’m sure that when Tiger was not being a “better person and the husband and father that my family deserves”, he wasn’t thinking about the implications of his image if the media got on to him.

Even if you don’t care about Tiger Woods & his image, one lesson to learn from how the media is having a field day about it is to realize that everyone will judge whether you like it or not.

This is the same when you are wanting to get an interview for a pharmacist job you want.

Reputation matters.  Impressions count.

Reputation matters. It’s amazing how fast word travels in the pharmacy world.  I know someone who applied for a hospital position a few months ago.  Someone at the hospital knew him & told the pharmacy director that he’s a bad apple.  Now, just because someone doesn’t like you doesn’t mean you won’t get a job, but if someone known and trusted by a pharmacy director shares negative comments about you, those first impressions will hurt you, compared to the first impressions from someone else who doesn’t come with that information tied to them. Read more