Vicky
How to get a pharmacy technician job without any degree or experience?
Hello!
I’m an incoming freshman, about to attend college this fall. Therefore, I have no experience or degree for any medical field yet. However, I searched online and saw that you don’t need experience working as a pharmacy technician in a retail store, sometimes even in hospital. I’m in a pre nursing major, and it has nothing to do with pharmacy except that they both are medical related field. I thought I could try applying for some retail jobs in CVS and/or Walgreen and get those pharmacy tech skills. But I got rejected both times when I applied. I think they mostly want people with experience working in the position. Do you know what I can do to maybe increase the likelihood of getting into there? I heard if I start out working as a cashier in CVS, there’s a more likelihood that I can be promoted to working in the pharmacy area. Is it true? I’m not as serious about pharm tech jobs as of right now, that’s why I wanna try working there to see if I like this job or not. Thank you!
1 answer
Mary Ehrgott
Mary’s Answer
Examples: Online & Self-Paced: Programs like Penn Foster or Stepful offer flexible online coursework combined with optional or mandatory clinical externships. Local Colleges: Institutions like community colleges provide localized didactic instruction and preparation for national exams.Retail On-the-Job: Major chains like Walgreens provide structured internal training paths that blend work experience with instructional modules.
Best of luck!!
Thank you for replying! I will check out the self passed program website out! I agree that the retail site will provide the training, but the hard part is to actually be accepted into the job… but thank you for your help!
Vicky