Alex Barker, PharmD

For unemployed pharmacy graduates, the heartbreak of not finding work is real. They dedicated themselves to a demanding education, spent significant money on their schooling, and developed a plan to find work they love—only to discover that competition for jobs is fierce.

Many residency positions draw hundreds of applicants for a single opening.

You have just lost your Job. Now what?!

We know that burnout continues to plague health care professionals.

Your residency cover letter might be the most challenging part of the whole application process.

Although it can be intimidating to talk to new people, networking can also land you big opportunities.

Given the knowledge that a single pharmacy position can attract hundreds of applications, you must do everything possible to keep yourself in contention.

The 2018 World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, hosted by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, is scheduled for Sept. 2-6 in Glasgow, Scotland.

We spend much of our time talking about work-life balance, and chasing after it, but such a balance is not possible.

Your pharmacist resume is likely failing you if you aren’t hearing back from potential employers

While focusing on funding their eventual retirements, pharmacists should also make sure that they are not stuck in unrewarding jobs.

This adult fantasy game provides a first-hand view of psychosis and the symptoms its patients often experience.

Pharmacists, it turns out, can impact their own outcomes by the kinds of people they spend time with most often.

Ruminations on governing body recommendations and guidelines that dictate what pharmacists do.

The show highlights the aspects of the profession that can make it unbearable.

Feeling stuck in your career? Changing your outlook is possible.

Pharmacists are exposed to increasing job stress. Why does that matter?

There are many mistakes, pitfalls, and unknowns that pharmacists routinely fail to consider before transitioning to another job.

Pharmacists, especially those in a retail setting, are feeling the pressure.

In 2017, the match rate for pharmacy residencies was just 69%, so the pressure is on for interviewees.

Experts are finding, though, that burnout doesn't limit its impact to the workplace. It also impacts parts of your life that extend well beyond the pharmacy.

Cloud pharmacy Roman is helping men avoid the stigma of erectile dysfunction and navigate treatment.

Those familiar with the technology hope that the concept will develop enough that it can be integrated into daily life, as with an Apple Watch or a smartphone.

The match for residency programs is a competitive process.

Beth Breeden, a professor at Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy, discusses the emergence of bitcoin and Healthcoin.

Why wait until January to take positive steps to improve your life? Dig into at least one of these volumes now to get a boost.

Having lots of possessions isn’t wrong, but research demonstrates that possessions don’t equal happiness.

It only takes 1 small step to begin the process of freeing ourselves from professional burnout.

Here are 8 benefits to simplifying our lives, which can potentially set us free from jobs we dislike.

Unfortunately, a major reason that most pharmacists don’t quit jobs they hate is because of their financial obligations.