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I've decided to go for a career change and look into drug industry positions as a pharmacist. I had struck up a conversation with a medical science liaison and he encouraged me to go for it since I had similar skills when he opted for a similar change. I've applied to six jobs now without hearing back so far. Applied to one yesterday and got a rejection letter the following day. Now I'm wondering if my resume is not as good as it seemed. I'm just glad I'm still employed and can fall back to another hospital pharmacist position if needed, but it was discouraging to get my first rejection.
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I'm in the process of applying for pharmaceutical positions back in Chicago. Out of the 15 applications I submitted, I have been rejected from seven. Out of those eight though, one company contacted me a week afterwards and asked if I was interested in an identical position but located in Indiana/Michigan instead. The hiring manager suggested that Chicago is a competitive market but my chances would be better if I applied for Indiana/Michigan instead. Two weeks later, my application for Indiana/Michigan is moving along while my Illinois resume remains under consideration since that phone call. I would REALLY like to move back to Chicago, but should I hold out for a potential interview in Illinois or simply accept Indiana/Michigan if it becomes available?
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Eric the Mauve posted:My guess would be that internally your Chicago application is a dead letter: if they have more pressing need for people in Indiana and fewer applicants for Indiana, an application for Chicago-or-Indiana may technically still be alive for Chicago but they'll end up picking someone else for Chicago and offering you the Indiana job, if they make you an offer. I know it's not the cynical one at least. I wanted to try and understand the phone call because another colleague in industry suggested that the department liked me enough to steer me towards Indiana/Michigan but I would fall short for Chicago due to the larger pool of candidates. At the time of the phone call, the Indiana/Michigan position wasn't available for application. I know I shouldn't trust what I hear from hiring managers, but I thought it was telling that they hinted that I would need some experience in the pharmaceutical industry before trying for Chicago and that I would have a better shot at Indiana/Michigan. At least my family is fine with staying for another couple of years in Bumfuck, Nowhere.
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Aug 20, 2021 16:14
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I have a group phone interview scheduled at a hospital system for an oncology pharmacist on Wednesday. Today, I received word about a phone screening interview with the same hospital system, but different location. I'm thinking I simply let them know I'm interviewing for a different position at the same hospital system, though I prefer the latter due to location. Is there anything else I should do or say?
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Nov 9, 2021 03:38
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Both of the hospitals I've worked at had random drug testing, but I have no sense on whether that's true or not.
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Mar 10, 2022 18:20
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A recruiter contacted me about a position in drug industry that I am interested in and asked for my resume. I sent it to them a week ago with no response. Should I follow up on this with a courtesy email?
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Feb 21, 2023 15:38
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Crossposting from the Schadenfreude thread:
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Apr 17, 2024 20:01
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I got a rejection letter from a job I applied to two months ago and Gmail is like hey put an emote to "reply quickly and add personality."
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Apr 19, 2024 13:42
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Jean-Paul Shartre posted:Which one? Drug industry job, Bayer.
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