Comments on: What is Considered Job Hopping in Pharmacy?

By: Chen Yen, PharmD

Chen Yen, PharmD — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:17:12 +0000

As I mentioned in the article, it is recommended to stay for at least 2 years. But “if you absolutely cannot, or there are circumstances beyond your control, see that it doesn’t happen frequently throughout your career because you don’t want to be viewed as an unstable pharmacist.” Sure, you may experience companies that are not loyal like our parents’ generation, but there are good companies out there that appreciate investing in pharmacists as well. It can hurt more than help you by jumping around from job to job every other year, for example. I’m only speaking from my experience when talking to pharmacy directors or hiring managers who tell me they look at a resume of a candidate think “this person looks like they job hop frequently; I’m not sure if I want to take a chance on investing in someone whose history has been leaving in a year”.

Consider whether you are always looking for something better if you tend to job hop a lot—are you always looking for the next best thing? And when the “something better” is something you can find in yourself. The enjoyment of your experiences (whether characterized as “good” or “bad”) will grow to the extent that you grow personally.

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payday loans — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:44:52 +0000

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By: DR.G PharmD, RPh, CCP

DR.G PharmD, RPh, CCP — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:41:59 +0000

I agree with Mr. Dye 1000percent these companies now a days do not have the same loyalties that the companies from “our parents generation” have. They are more interested in the bottom line…. money, and frankly Dr. Yen, I think it is insulting to our collective intelligence for you to patronize us in this way. Corporations are interested in their ability to make money and they will extract it from humans as they have the enviorment…polluting along the way. Please save this lesson for the newly graduated as they may not have had experience in the real pharmacy world. Yes Dr. Yen the real pharmacy world, the one littered with understaffing, incompetent representatives (both professional and organizational), unsatisfied pharmacists, and misinformed overbearing managers and so called upper management. I really do feel for the fabric of our profession. I work in an area NOW (thank the lord) whereby I have access to many pharmacists all of whom have echoed all I’ve written. The public is misinformed about what we do, and frankly, so are other health care professionals—who do we attach the blame to on that one? God forbid this article wasn’t inspired by retail.

By: John Dye RPh

John Dye RPh — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:37:24 +0000

Do you really think a 2 year wait is required for job hoppers to be considered “stable”
If the job is just not working out, why not make the change if and when a suitable job
surfaces. Seems silly or impractical to have to wait 2 years to be considered Stable??