A pertinent thought came to mind the other day. I reflected on a recent hire I made for my own company. The applicant’s resume was excellent enough. My eyes scanned the well-designed PDF for an estimated twenty-two seconds. What’s funny is
Dating is like job hunting. We’re all looking for that match made in Heaven, but it takes plenty of frogs to kiss a prince. We’ve all been on the receiving end of liking someone more than they loved us. We’ve all
You’ve applied to a few jobs here and there. You didn’t let a few rejection letters stop you, and kept submitting applications. After no avail, you assess the problem is your resume. You’ve been doing it yourself, but maybe
No one can guarantee you’ll find a pharmacy job after graduation. In fact, if you’re tracking the statistics, the supply of pharmacists has steadily outpaced demand for several years. As new graduates flood the marketplace every year, the competition for
The 2019 pharmacy residency application process has officially opened. You and thousands of other fourth-year students must begin the difficult task of assembling a bulletproof residency application packet while you continue to do the day-to-day work of pharmacy school. In
In 2000, the US Department of Health and Human Services predicted a shortage of pharmacists. In a study titled, The Pharmacist Workforce: A Study of the Supply and Demand for Pharmacists, HHS pointed to an “unprecedented demand for pharmacists,” and
Most people have no need for a CV. As a pharmacist, however, odds are good that you’ll eventually need one; especially if you pursue residency or any clinical or research position. Applicants for international, academic, educational, medical or scientific research positions,
OK, let’s say you’re at a place where you are motivated to make a change from your current position and you’ve applied for many jobs online. Ten, twenty, fifty… who’s counting? You’ve heard nothing back, at this point, of substance. ::Radio Silence:: What you
Most pharmacists don’t use “easy” and “resume” together in a sentence. The problem isn’t that it’s physically demanding to write a resume, but rather the feat we’re asking it to accomplish: Capture the hiring manager’s attention and convince her to interview
Before enrolling in my cover letter and interview mastery courses, this pharmacy student lacked confidence. She knew there were hundreds of students competing for residencies, and she knew the competition was fierce. So she did the one thing she knew would at