Beyond the Job Board

The Happy PharmD Career Summit

How Do Pharmacists Actually Land the Careers Everyone Wants?

Meet pharmacists who made the transition into Pharma, Medical Affairs, Managed Care, Remote Clinical careers, and more. Discover what it takes to make your own.

More flexibility. Better work life balance. More room to grow. A career you’re excited about again.

DatesOctober 2 through 4Time zoneAll agenda times shown in Central TimeFormatLive online. Join from any time zone.
Reserve My Seat With a $97 Refundable Deposit

We’re so confident this weekend will be worth showing up for, your $97 deposit is refunded in full when you attend and complete the required event check in.

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You probably didn’t become a pharmacist expecting to spend your career counting down the hours until your shift ends.

But somewhere along the way, long shifts, rigid schedules, weekends, burnout, and limited flexibility became something you were simply expected to accept.

What if you didn’t have to?

There are pharmacists using the same PharmD you have to build careers with more flexibility, growth, autonomy, and opportunity.

They’re working in Medical Affairs. Managed Care. Pharma. Medical Information. Remote Clinical roles. And careers many pharmacists barely knew existed.

Which creates the obvious question:

How did they get there?

That’s why we created Beyond the Job Board.

The access you can’t Google

Stop Wondering How They Got In. Ask Them.

Normally, understanding a new career means finding someone on LinkedIn, sending a connection request, figuring out what to say, hoping they respond, and maybe getting twenty minutes on their calendar. Then you do it all over again for the next career you’re considering.

We’re bringing the insiders to you.

01How did you get your first interview?

02What did you have on your resume?

03What does your company actually look for?

04Did you have prior experience?

05What would you do differently?

06If you were starting from my position today, what would you do first?

These are the answers you cannot get from a job description.

Meet the insiders

Meet the pharmacists who said yes.

These are not just speaker introductions. They are opportunities to ask the person inside the role what it actually took to get there and what they would do first if they were starting again.

Gina Corley, PharmD, Medical Information
Confirmed guest

Gina Corley, PharmD

Medical InformationPharmacy practice to Medical Information

Ask them: What helped you translate pharmacy experience into medical information work?

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Heather Draper, PharmD, BCPS, BCEMP, Freelance Medical Writing
Confirmed guest

Heather Draper, PharmD, BCPS, BCEMP

Freelance Medical WritingClinical pharmacy to Freelance Medical Writing

Ask them: How can a pharmacist build credible writing experience before landing a first client?

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Brigette Serfaty, PharmD, Academia
Confirmed guest

Brigette Serfaty, PharmD

AcademiaPharmacy practice to Academia

Ask them: What makes a pharmacist credible when moving into academia?

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Sam An, PharmD, Consulting and Long Term Care
Confirmed guest

Sam An, PharmD

Consulting and Long Term CarePharmacy practice to Consulting and Long Term Care

Ask them: How can pharmacists turn clinical experience into consulting value for long term care clients?

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Andrew Briggs, PharmD, BCMAS, Medical Affairs
Confirmed guest

Andrew Briggs, PharmD, BCMAS

Medical AffairsPharmacy practice to Medical Affairs

Ask them: What does Medical Affairs look for in a pharmacist who has never held an industry title?

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Albert Mei, PharmD, RPh, Managed Care and Market Access
Confirmed guest

Albert Mei, PharmD, RPh

Managed Care and Market AccessPharmacy practice to Managed Care and Market Access

Ask them: What does a Market Access hiring manager want from someone new to the field?

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Monica Mehta, PharmD, MPH, Association Leadership
Confirmed guest

Monica Mehta, PharmD, MPH

Association LeadershipPharmacy practice to Association Leadership

Ask them: How can association work expand a pharmacist’s influence beyond direct patient care?

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What If You’re Not Unqualified? What If You’ve Just Been Playing the Wrong Game?

Most pharmacists were taught one way to change jobs.

Find an openingUpdate your resumeApplyWait

No response? Apply again. After enough silence or rejection, it is easy to conclude that the problem must be you.

Maybe I don’t have enough experience.

Maybe I need another certification.

Maybe nobody will hire someone from retail.

But what if the problem isn’t your potential?

What if nobody ever taught you how hiring actually works outside traditional pharmacy? That’s what we’re going to change.

What You’ll Walk Away With

Why applying to more jobs usually isn’t the answer

Learn why job boards have become one of the most competitive places to search and what successful pharmacists are doing instead. A better path may be closer than it feels right now. You’ll leave with a first move to make.

How to discover which career path actually fits you

Explore Medical Affairs, Managed Care, Medical Writing, Pharma, Industry, Medical Science Liaison, and more. Leave with your best fit career paths narrowed from the options that match your experience and goals.

Hear directly from pharmacists who already made the transition

Get direct access to pharmacists already doing the work and leave with three real people in your target field you can message this week.

Learn how to become credible before you have the title

Leave with a LinkedIn headline that attracts recruiters and a credibility script that makes your value clear to hiring managers outside pharmacy.

Learn how opportunities are really created

Leave with a game plan for your first conversation: who to message this week, what to say, and how to turn a conversation into an opportunity.

Your career clarity results and gap worksheet

Identify your standout strengths, the paths they point toward, where you are now, where you want to be, and what staying stuck is costing you. Put it all in writing.

Your credibility score and one live fix

See how many opportunities are reaching you right now, then watch a live demonstration of the résumé, LinkedIn, or interview fix most likely to change whether you get noticed.

Alex’s playbook for becoming visible

Learn how Alex grew a 28,000+ connection network and leave with one action to take before the weekend is over.

Free bonuses

Remote Job Board access, 30 day Career Finder App access, and daily prize drawings.

Your $97 back in full

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Plan your three day experience

3 Days That Could Change How You Think About Your Career

This isn’t three days of presentations about pharmacy careers. Each day moves you closer to answering: Where do I want to go? What does it actually take to get there? And what should I do next? Times are approximate and shown in Central Time.

Day 1: Friday

Why Your Job Search Isn’t Working

4:00 PM
Why Good Pharmacists Get Stuck

You’re qualified. You’re applying. So why aren’t you getting interviews?

We’ll unpack the cycle of searching job boards, applying repeatedly, hearing nothing back, and wondering whether you are qualified. You’ll see why the problem may have far less to do with your credentials than you think. More applications often are not the answer.

4:30 PM
What Nobody Taught You About Changing Pharmacy Careers

Before we show you what’s possible, we need to challenge what you may believe is holding you back.

Think you need another certification, prior industry experience, a residency, hundreds of applications, the perfect resume, or an inside connection? We’ll tackle the assumptions keeping pharmacists stuck and show you why your PharmD may open more doors than you realize.

Day takeawayMaybe I’m not as stuck as I thought.

Day 2: Saturday

How Pharmacists Actually Make the Leap

10:00 AM
Beyond the Job Board: How Pharmacists Really Get Hired

If endlessly applying online isn’t the answer…what is?

We’ll pull back the curtain on how hiring actually works and why some pharmacists find opportunities, conversations, and interviews that never appear on a job board. This is the ‘aha’ moment for understanding the game you have actually been playing.

11:00 AM
Featured sessionInside the Careers Pharmacists Want

Meet pharmacists who already have the jobs you’re considering, then ask them how they got there.

Go inside careers such as Medical Affairs, Managed Care, Medical Writing, Pharma, Remote Clinical roles, and more. Hear what the work is like, how insiders earned their first opportunity, what they wish they had known, and what they would do differently today.

12:00 PM
Lunch + Surprise Guest Experience

Clear your calendar for the session we’re keeping under wraps.

A special guest is joining us for something completely different from the rest of the summit. This experience is designed to reset your energy and make this an hour you’ll be glad you did not skip. Join us live for an opportunity to receive a bonus. [Confirm bonus details and eligibility before publishing.]

1:00 PM
Why You’re Qualified…But Still Getting Overlooked

Having valuable experience and making an employer see its value are two different things.

We’ll show you the gap between where you are today and becoming the candidate employers notice. You’ll begin looking at your experience, resume, positioning, and career story through the eyes of the person making the hiring decision.

1:30 PM
The Three Part Roadmap to Your Next Pharmacy Career

Clarity. Credibility. Connection.

We’ll introduce a practical three part roadmap shaped by helping thousands of pharmacists pursue career transitions. You’ll see why a successful transition requires more than a polished resume. You’ll also see how the pieces of an effective job search fit together.

2:30 PM
Featured sessionAsk the Insiders: How Would YOU Break In?

More careers. More pharmacists. More questions you cannot answer from a job description.

Go deeper with pharmacists working in nontraditional roles and discover why different career paths require different strategies.

4:00 PM
Featured sessionFrom Applying to Getting Hired: Your Career Change Game Plan

Knowing what to do is one thing. Knowing exactly how to do it is another.

See how to choose target roles, make your value clear, reach people inside the right companies, turn connections into conversations, and interview in the employer’s language. We’ll put the pieces together so you can see a deliberate career transition from beginning to end.

4:30 PM
What Changes When You Stop Doing It Alone

What would your career change look like with a clear plan and the right support behind you?

See how personalized direction, expert feedback, practical tools, coaching, and accountability can turn a general roadmap into an execution plan built around your goals. You’ll also see how other pharmacists used the process to keep moving when the search felt uncertain.

5:00 PM
Your Next Move

You know what’s possible. Now decide what you’re going to do with it.

We’ll help you identify the next decision your search requires, the support that could make it easier to follow through, and the questions to answer before you take your next step.

Day takeawayI finally understand what it actually takes and what I need to do next.

Day 3: Sunday

Turn What You Learned Into Your Next Move

10:00 AM
The Career Change Playbook: Putting It All Together

Let’s turn three days of ideas into a plan you can actually use.

We’ll connect the biggest lessons from the summit and help you identify the most important actions to take when you return to your career search.

10:30 AM
Career Breakout: Build Your Next Step Plan

Take what you’ve learned and apply it to your situation.

Get specific about your target career, positioning, relationships, and immediate next steps so you do not leave with pages of notes and no idea what to do Monday morning.

11:00 AM
Featured sessionFrom Stuck to Hired: Pharmacists Who Made the Leap

Hear from pharmacists who once sat exactly where you are now.

Pharmacists who made the leap share what was not working, what they changed, the obstacles they faced, and what ultimately helped them make their transition. This is not theory. These are the real stories behind the career change.

12:00 PM
Your Decision: What Happens Next?

The summit ends. Your career doesn’t.

We’ll help you decide what happens next. You can build the process yourself or decide where expert guidance, feedback, accountability, and implementation support would help you move faster and with more confidence. Either way, your next career move does not have to be another guess.

Day takeawayI’m leaving with a decision and a next step.

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A clearer process

Knowing Job Boards Aren’t the Answer Is Only the Beginning

Because now you have to answer three harder questions.

01

Clarity

Which jobs should you actually pursue? Not something remote. Not maybe pharma. What are the two or three careers that fit your experience, strengths, income goals, and the life you want?

02

Credibility

If the perfect opportunity appeared tomorrow, could your resume make your value obvious? Could you walk into the interview and speak their language? Could you show why your experience matters to their problems?

03

Connection

If you are no longer relying entirely on job boards, who do you contact? What do you say? How do you get their attention? How do you turn a stranger into a connection, a conversation, a relationship, and an opportunity?

None of these steps sound particularly complicated. Executing them correctly, in the right order, consistently enough to get hired is.

You belong here if you are ready for more

This summit is for pharmacists who…

  • Feel burned out in retail or hospital practice
  • Are tired of applications that go nowhere
  • Want more balance, flexibility, or remote work
  • Know they are capable of more and want help finding the next right role
A live, practical conversation

Explore the people, paths, and practical questions that can help you take a more informed next step.

Imagine Monday Morning After the Summit

You open your laptop. But this time, you don’t immediately pull up another job board. You know what matters now.

  • The careers you’re targeting
  • Why you’re a strong candidate for them
  • How your experience needs to be positioned
  • Which companies you want to pursue
  • Who you need to start building relationships with
  • What conversations you need to start
  • What you’re doing next

You may not have the new job yet. But for the first time in a long time, you’re no longer guessing.

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Established impact

3,000+ pharmacists supported since 2017

We’ve helped pharmacists see what’s possible beyond traditional pharmacy.

Since 2017, Happy PharmD has helped more than 3,000 pharmacists transition into nontraditional careers. This summit is your opportunity to experience the Career Accelerator Framework for yourself.

The framework at work

Clarity. Credibility. Connection. Real Progress.

These are not generic success stories. Each one shows what can change when a pharmacist gets clear on the right target, learns to communicate their value, and builds relationships that open doors.

ClarityMorgan Grant, PharmD, MBA professional headshot
The coaching gave me a lot of support and clarity. In group coaching, I could come in with questions and leave with a clear next step.
Morgan Grant, PharmD, MBAFrom Community Pharmacy to Association
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Clarity turned questions into a clear next step.

CredibilityWeronika Taraszka, PharmD professional headshot
Working with the Happy PharmD, I gained a level of confidence that I didn’t even know I had that I could showcase to my potential employer. That, in and of itself, was huge in my approach and my perspective.
Weronika Taraszka, PharmDFrom Retail to Remote Pharma
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Credibility changed how she showed her value.

ConnectionMcCall Brennan, PharmD professional headshot
That shift made a big difference. I started connecting with people, improving my resume, and having real conversations about opportunities. Within about three months, I landed a new role, and a big part of that came from referrals I wouldn’t have pursued before.
McCall Brennan, PharmDFrom Retail to Clinical Pharmacist
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Relationships led to conversations, referrals, and a new role.

Dr. Alex Barker, Founder and CEO of The Happy PharmDDr. Alex Barker, Founder and CEO

Meet Your Host, Dr. Alex Barker

Dr. Alex Barker

Founder and CEO, The Happy PharmD

Years ago, Alex found himself in a pharmacy job he hated, wondering if this was really what he had worked so hard for. His path out started with medical writing. Work he enjoyed that showed him something most pharmacists are never taught: your PharmD can open doors far beyond traditional pharmacy. Since 2017, Alex and his team have helped 3,000+ pharmacists pursue better careers and helped them see that a job they love can be more achievable than it first appears.

This summit is the next step in that mission: giving pharmacists direct access to the careers, people, and possibilities they may never encounter on a job board and helping them find their next right role.

Plan with confidence

Why Is There a $97 Deposit If the Summit Is Free?

Because we don’t want thousands of pharmacists registering for another free event they never attend. Our guests are showing up. We’re showing up. We want you to show up, too.

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Before you reserve

Questions, clearly answered.

Is this summit really free?

Yes. There’s no cost to attend beyond a $97 refundable deposit, which you get back in full when you attend and complete the required event check in.

Why is there a refundable attendance deposit?

The deposit is designed to reserve seats for pharmacists who intend to attend, participate, hear from guests, and use what they learn.

Who should attend?

This summit is for pharmacists who feel burned out in retail or hospital pharmacy, are tired of applications that go nowhere, want more flexibility or remote work, want to increase their income, or know they are capable of more but are unsure what comes next.

Will I get a job at the summit?

No summit can guarantee a job in a weekend, and we will not tell you otherwise. But the conversations, relationships, clarity, and action that lead to a better job can absolutely begin here. Meet new people in the room. Ask the leaders how they made the transition. Let them see your curiosity, judgment, and follow through. Then use what you learn after the summit. If you participate fully and keep putting the right actions into practice, this weekend can become a meaningful step toward the job you want.

Beyond the Job Board

Your PharmD can open more doors than you’ve been taught to see.

Your first step isn’t submitting one more application. It’s getting closer to the people, paths, and strategy that can help you find a pharmacy job you love. The Happy PharmD is here to help you make your next move with confidence. Your next role may be more achievable than you think.

DatesOctober 2 through 4Time zoneAll agenda times shown in Central TimeFormatLive online. Join from any time zone.
Reserve My Seat With a $97 Refundable Deposit