Careers website “a hit”
A careers website set up by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has proved a hit, the Society says. Since its launch in the summer the website has received more than 2,000 new visits each month.
Aimed at teenagers and young adults,
the website (www.pharmacycareers.org.uk) offers practical information
about career
opportunities and what the study of pharmacy involves. It includes links
to the website of the 22 UK schools of pharmacy and gives quotes from
current pharmacy students.
The website is part of a new suite of careers material launched by the
Society during 2005, which includes a leaflet, “Your future in
pharmacy”, and a poster. A pharmacy careers presentation for use
by branches is planned for early in the new year.
The Society’s Director of Public Affairs and Communications, Beverley
Parkin, said: “We need to encourage young people with the right
attitude as well as the right aptitude into the profession. We are supporting
the branches in helping roll out this work through their local careers
officer roles. The response to our new careers work has been very encouraging”.
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