My son was looking for a new job. I helped him with his resume. I once taught a class to my pharmacy tech students who were looking for a job. I helped them with their resumes and other job-acquiring tasks. Resumes are easy to craft. Aside from the many books on...
I was a staff pharmacist working in my first hospital. This was before I went back to school to get my advanced degree. This was even before I became a pharmacy manager. I liked working as a staff pharmacist in a hospital. From what I had heard, it was better than...
I think I first realized it when I was working at my first hospital. My hospital had a unique financial blueprint. They paid their bills went they wanted to. It didn’t matter what the amount was or when the bill was due, or what the terms were. It seemed that they...
I had a stroke. I remember it like it was yesterday. I’m retired. I was volunteering at one of my former hospitals. I worked at the information desk. Visitors arrived at the hospital, got a pass, and went up to see the patient. I did the COVID screening. COVID...
I was talking to my friend the other night. He recently became the Director of a long-term care facility. He was discussing his decision-making capabilities. My friend told me that he wanted to be “fair and consistent”. When my friend had to make a decision or put...
In this webinar to get you started for the year, I will be sharing wisdom and lessons from our research in career development and positive psychology. Read to the end to find out what people have done repeatedly to develop their careers and how you can do the same in...
2022 is OVER! *sigh* Thank you. This update will be shorter than usual. Let’s jump into what happened in Quarter 4. Highlights A new vision & mission “Helping pharmacists create jobs they love” once inspired me when I started HPD in 2017. Q4 was spent dreaming a...
In this special Q&A holiday session, I am joined by Eric Wilson, one of our Growth Advisors in The Happy PharmD and we talked about searching for a job during the holiday season. Read to the end to find out why it is important to have this frank...
If you want to download this guide + 48 other pharmacy career paths for you to access later, you can download it here. This article is a part of a series of The Many Paths of Pharmacy, which has 48 other pharmacy career paths. Summary – Pharmacists in...
“Oh, you’re just being difficult!” As a pharmacy manager, I got that a lot. I always felt my pharmacy department was treated like second-class citizens. We were the ones that always had to compromise. We had to change the way we did things to make others...
