Timing is Everything
I was thinking about this the other day– how timing is everything. And how it plays an important role in getting hired for the job you want. If only…. you heard about the job one step before another pharmacist, you would have been the last one to be considered for an interview because that was the cutoff before they stopped accepting applications. If only… you had answered the phone when a recruiter called you about a job opportunity that met your criteria, you would have heard about a position you wanted to be considered for.
I suppose it makes you wonder if, in the end, it was all meant to be. Whether you were truly meant to be to work as a clinical inpatient pharmacist, or you were actually meant to transition into a home infusion pharmacist position….perhaps whatever ended up happening was just fate. At the same time, if you leave everything to chance without doing what you can control, you will leave things on the table.
Getting the pharmacist position you want is in many ways like meeting the significant other of your dreams. If you sit around at home with the right intentions & wait for your dream guy or woman to show up, you will not have as good chances as if you made the effort to be in a situation more conducive to attract the significant other you are looking for.
Getting the job you want is about being at the right place at the right time, and being prepared. If you have the connections without a plan to ace the interview, you have missing pieces to getting hired. If you know how to market yourself in an interview and “talk yourself into a job”, but don’t get invited for interviews, you will fall short of getting offers you deserve. If you want to close in the gap of missing pieces to get interviews & offers faster, look into joining the next session of the “Get the Job” Premium Membership Program. If you prefer to do the same thing you’ve been doing, you can. Just be aware that other pharmacists who decide to take control of their search will have an advantage over you.
Share your story of being at the right place at the right time when you got the job you wanted. Comment below–I want to hear about them! Inspire other pharmacists to be at the right place at the right time.
When will pharmacist see that the field is quickly over-saturating, and the demand for pharmacists will go way down. The statement that there will be more elderly in the future is true, but the pharmacies will continue to develop more cost cutting measures to keep a minimum of staff. One goes to pharmacy school for 6 years–to do what? The work of the retail chain pharmacist has and always will be drudgery. Count and pour, lick and stick. Despite all the advancements they accomplish very little except being mindless automatons. And furthermore, most pharmacists are not trained to be good listeners, and not many are particularly articulate in providing information in the relatively few circumstances that they must explain the nature of medication to the public. And one more thing, when the demand for pharmacists weakens, as it is doing now, the quality of the work environment invariably suffers as the employer is in the drivers seat. Good bye old pharmacists and in with new kids who will jump through any hoop you set!