|Articles|August 4, 2015

The Pharmacy Job Crisis Explained

As pharmacy schools graduate more and more pharmacists, the next 20 years of the pharmacy profession could see job placement challenges.

While it's impossible to predict the future, we know that finding a pharmacist job is more difficult than ever now.

A previous article on the pharmacy job crisis and pharmacy school bubble went into great detail on how the pharmacy job market became what it is today. This infographic summarizes the main points and offers 5 ways to maintain the necessary competitive edge:

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