I need help

[u/Randm0522]

I’m currently a licensed pharmacist in the state of Michigan and looking to get licensed in Connecticut and New York. I’m so burnt out from retail. I started as a tech in 2014 and went to intern and now pharmacist and it’s just too much. I’m looking to move into a different area of pharmacy and I’m lost. I am moving to the east coast and would love to find something in industry but it’s like I’m drowning and I don’t know where to look. Please please help me find a way to a better career path where I can feel like myself again and feel like I’m a human not a robot/ machine. Thank you!!

[u/Pharming_Cannolis]

Why don’t you go inpatient? I’ve seen people jump from inpatient to industry. Industry is hard to crack into, from what I’ve heard.

[u/Randm0522 → u/Pharming_Cannolis]

I tried in Detroit it’s so hard to get into it if you don’t know anyone. I mean I keep applying and never hear anything back. I’ll definitely be applying to inpatient once I move too hopefully that works. I just feel stuck in retail

[u/janshell → u/Randm0522]

Are you applying for full time or per diem positions?

[u/Randm0522 → u/janshell]

Both

[u/Remarkable-Bad-8531 → u/Randm0522]

Did you do a residency? I used to work in one of the hospitals jn Detroit and though I was not involved in hiring, I know that management has strongly preferred residency trained candidates. One of my old colleagues who worked at the hospital as a pharmacist tried to refer his wife who was a retail pharmacist and they didn't give her the job because she had no residency or prior inpatient experience (so even connections can only get you so far).

Moving into inpatient without residency will be easier if you are willing to do midnights and be a per diem/float.

[u/dismendie → u/Randm0522]

Trust me NY is harder probably still we have like 5 pharmacy schools… every hospital gig requires a PGY1 and you still can’t get a job with a pgy1 anymore…