5 Steps to Being a Pharmacist Candidate Magnet

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Now that the pharmacy job market is an employer’s market, many of you pharmacy directors (and pharmacy residency program directors) making hiring decisions are flooded with pharmacist resumes to choose from. Now the challenge becomes how to find the right fit in the least time-consuming way, so you can focus on pharmacy operations.

 

One of the best strategies to saving time in your hiring process is being a candidate magnet.  That way you attract the ones that are the right fit, and repel the ones who aren’t.  The chances of your new pharmacist hire staying will be higher.  Then you won’t have to hire as much.

Let me share with you a few secrets of being a candidate magnet. If you are using these strategies, you will have better luck with identifying the right fit and save yourself headaches of a bad hire.

Here are the first three steps of the 5-step process I teach about being a candidate magnet:

STEP 1: Clarify what your pharmacy/hospital/organization stands for, what’s important to the role, how the pharmacist would fit into the big picture, and what makes your pharmacy special (Read ideas about figuring this out below).

STEP 2: Write an attractive job description and convey what makes you different.

STEP 3: Get the word out (You’ll be learning some of my tips in a future article about this). The first step is one that is glossed over when hiring. Most pharmacy directors who are involved with justifying the position from a financial perspective to get a position approved by administration will spend time on how the pharmacist would fit into the big picture and on the roles and responsibilities.  But take time to consider a few important questions (see sample answers below):

1. What are the values and beliefs of my pharmacy?

• Do what it takes – go above & beyond
• Open your heart to others
• Pitch in
• Have fun in your work
• Be creative in decision-making

2.  What are the values and beliefs of my hospital/organization?

• Connection and contribution

3.  What makes my pharmacy special?

• Every pharmacist has the opportunity to do clinical work
• Everyone is valued for their ideas and has the opportunity to use their talents

4.  What is important to this role I’m hiring for? (Include what a typical workday be like, skills they would come with and those that they’d be capable of being trained on, how the pharmacist would interact with other patients and co-workers, and the non-negotiable values) Key Tip:  Include the characteristics you want the pharmacist to have. The answers to the first few questions will likely be a part of this answer. Example: Conscientious, strong ethics, heart-centered, going above and beyond, creativity Use the answers to these questions not only in writing your magnetizing job description, but also through your screening process.  It is the foundation of attracting the best fit.

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Want to learn the rest of the 5 steps, plus learn how to find candidates when you needed them yesterday and weed out the wrong fit quickly?

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You’ll Learn:

• How to Be a Candidate Magnet – learn how to attract the right candidate, not pursue them
• Secrets to finding candidates when you needed them yesterday
• Buyer Beware! Why the perfect resume may not be the perfect candidate
• Simple steps to weed out the wrong ones quickly & effectively
• How to identify “red flag” candidates
• 3 reasons why most job descriptions actually turn off your best candidates, rather than attract them

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