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Submitted by stephen, Mar 20, 2008 06:01

I'm a PharmD in California, one of the acute "shortage" states. I've applied to 40 jobs in the past 3 months and have only been asked to 5 interviews. The local chains will only hire foreign grads that they can pay lower sals and no bonuses.

The perceived shortage is a lie manufactured by the chains to increase their H1B quotas.

The only shortage areas are in the rural parts where they don't bother paying comparable salaries.

H1B grads don't want to work out there from what I've seen.

There is an EXCESS of pharmacists in most other states.

Let's take Pharmacy off the shortage list and provide incentives for rural areas.

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