Advertising jobs

[stevej]

Hi, I am new to this board and looking for advice on which publications to use in Ireland to advertise Pharmacist Manager jobs, or are there any reputable agencies operating in Ireland?
Steve J

[johnep]

As we are told large surplus of pharmacists in Ireland, should not be necessary to advertise for positions in Ireland itself.
Uk cos looking for Pharmacists tend to concentrate on NI.
johnep

[stevej]

As we are told large surplus of pharmacists in Ireland, should not be necessary to advertise for positions in Ireland itself.
Uk cos looking for Pharmacists tend to concentrate on NI.
johnep

I know there is a surplus in the south but how do I let them know I will have posts available in the south of Ireland?
Sorry for brief reply but blackberry is a nightmare !

[hibernia]

I know there is a surplus in the south but how do I let them know I will have posts available in the south of Ireland?
Sorry for brief reply but blackberry is a nightmare !

If you want to spend money advertising the Irish Independant, a national daily broadsheet, is probably where to start but you shouldn't have to.
If you join the IPU (Irish Pharmacy Union), which is practically a must if you hold a pharmacy contract, they maintain lists of people looking for staff and pharmacists looking for locum and permanent work.
Word of mouth is still the main method in Ireland. Mention you have a job available to any pharmacist and they will know somebody who is interested. Just be careful you don't get chrushed in the stampede - it really is that bad here.

[stevej]

Thanks Hibernia
We will be joining the IPU in due course so that is useful.
My family is from Ireland originally and it will be good to put some investment back.
I know the Irish pharmacy market is incredibly difficult at the moment but I do believe our clinical pharmacy business model will work well over the next 5-10 years and we will need good people.
Thanks again
Steve J

[hibernia]

we will need good people.

Ah, there's the rub.
There may well be a surplus of pharmacists but there will always be a shortage of good people to do any job.

[culchie82]

The Pharmacy profession is officially dead in Ireland, it's a closed shop, gone, finito, adios. Anybody already in a job, stick with it, because there is literally nothing out there. I know guys working in Warehouses, some as dispensing assistants, some in shops. I know one person who is now becoming pilot, others are considering such careers as Dental assistants! The number of Pharmacists qualifying in the North will double in four or five years time, when the Uni of Ulster starts churning them out. If it's dead now, what's it going to be like then. Who in their right mind would choose to study Pharmacy nowadays, given these facts.