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7 Reasons To Become A Pharmacist

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Pharmacist:
1) Flexible Working Schedules

The truth be told, there are not many other jobs out there that offers attractive working schedules. As a pharmacist, you are in control of your work schedule. You can choose from a myriad of working times. For most pharmacists with a family, they tend to opt for the regular 9AM to 5PM jobs in grocery chains and retail stores. For others, a 7 on and 7 off schedule may better suit them. This works by having the pharmacist work 7 days straight usually for a 12 hour shift. After 7 days of work, the pharmacist gets to either rest for the next 7 days or he or she can choose to work more hours for other companies. This type of scheduling puts the control to pharmacists who are interested in earning more income.

2) Great Working Salary

Depending on the location and need of pharmacists in the world, generally they can make in U.S from $75,000 to $150,000 per year. This is a lot of money considering the fact that you do not need to go through all of the training to become a pharmacist compared to a medical doctor's journey.

3) You will always have a job

As of this writing, the demand for pharmacist is much more than the supply. Pharmacists are currently enjoying a period of mobility, stability and flexibility as they practice their profession.

4) You will have great benefits

In order to attract new graduating pharmacist, most companies offer lucrative and enticing retirement and health benefits.

5) You can still be involve in healthcare and help people

Many students are interested in healthcare but feel that they are limited to either becoming a doctor or nurse. Well, as a pharmacist you are still involved in a patient's life. Pharmacists are not just people with a bright white lab-coat, who just "Count, Pour, Lick and Stick" all day. Rather than this, pharmacists are the intermediary between the doctor and patient. They consult the patients on their medications, contact doctors when there is a drug-drug or drug-food interactions, contact insurance companies to ensure proper billing and they do many more things to save people's lives all day long. Of course, these actions usually go unnoticed due to the common people's stereotypical views of most pharmacists.

6) You do not have to deal with bodily fluids

Pharmacists are known to work in a nice clean environment. They usually do not deal with blood or other nasty bodily fluids coming out of the patient's system.

7) You will enjoy the dynamicity of this profession

Pharmacist can work anywhere from the corner drug store to research to working with doctors and nurses in the hospital. There are many career opportunities for the pharmacists to pursue. These include (but not limited to) careers in community pharmacy, clinical pharmacy, research, managed care, drug utilization review, academic professor, and even pharmaceutical representatives.
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