| A career fair for pharmacists seeking their next move, or pharmacy graduates looking to take their first step on the professional ladder, takes place in Manchester in September 2007. The event, in its second year, is run jointly
by The Pharmaceutical Journal and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, and
coincides with the British Pharmaceutical
Conference 2007, which is held
in the Manchester Central Conference Centre from 10–12 September.
A variety of services will be on offer to pharmacists and graduates who
attend the BPC-PJ Careers Forum. The organisers will be able to prearrange
job interviews with prospective employers attending the fair. Visitors
will also be able to attend seminars by employers from the community
and industrial pharmacy sectors who will explain career opportunities
that their companies can offer the profession.
There will be experts on hand to give careers advice in question and answer sessions,
and computer terminals will be set up so that pharmacists can look online for
job opportunities offered by the fair’s participating employers.
Pharmacists and graduates will also have the chance to discuss career opportunities
with prospective employers informally in specially designated networking areas
at the event. Emily Fuller, who attended the event last year when she was a PhD
student at Leeds University, said the fair helped her secure her present job
with AstraZeneca. She said: “It provided me with the opportunity to speak
directly to AstraZeneca employees to gain an insight into their working life
and to ask questions in an informal manner. BPC ultimately offered me a foot
in the door with the chance to be considered for several available jobs at once
with just one interview.”
Former chairman of the BPC conference committee Colin Ranshaw said he was delighted
that the careers fair was being held again. He said: “BPC is the flagship
event for pharmaceutical science and pharmacy practice in Great Britain.”
The event is an opportunity to promote the industry as an “exciting career
option for pharmacists” and is likely to develop into the “key recruiting
event for pharmaceutical development skills in the UK”, said Chris Doherty,
vice-president, pharmaceutical and analytical research and development at AstraZeneca,
which is jointly sponsoring the event with GlaxoSmithKline.
Admission to the BPC-PJ Careers Forum is free to anybody interested in career
opportunities in pharmacy as well as those attending BPC 2007.
Any visitors who want to set up an interview with a prospective employer at the
event should e-mail their CV in advance to channey@health-links.co.uk
Any companies wishing to take part in the forum should also contact Chris Hanney
at channey@health-links.co.uk or telephone 0121 248 3399.
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The
Pharmaceutical Journal