A New Pharmacy Technician Portal to Assist Students Access Information Easily

Dec. 22, 2010 - PRLog -- Pharmacy technician is one of the easiest entry level jobs in healthcare industry. Education requirements are very minimal; in fact in some states, there may not be any training requirement at all. However, almost all state boards of pharmacy require pharmacy technician to register and renew their registration periodically.  

Nancy Grant, a veteran pharmacy technician, is founder of http://www.aboutpharmacytechnician.com. Nancy explains the mission and main objective of the website like this:

“The main objective of this portal is to provide accurate information for students or other individuals from various walks of life who want to join healthcare industry by becoming pharmacy technician. There are some fundamental information you may find all over the internet which highlights pharmacy technician duties and salaries. But aboutpharmacytechnician.com differs by covering state specific information. Our mission is to teach students every aspect of this career and arm them with all required information so that they can make good career decision.”

Pharmacy technician is a continuously evolving job opportunity with a lot of employment options in drug store, hospitals pharmacies etc. According to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Pharmacy techs employment rate will increase by more than 30% over the next seven years, which is a very large number as compared to other fields. Due to its low entry requirements, it is very appealing to young high school graduates who need to get employed right away without spending much time and money on training. Most people move away from their field after some time either to advance their career into pharmacist level or get out of healthcare industry totally. This rapid shuffling of personals creates a lot of jobs every year.  

Recent development like healthcare reform are calling for a lot of changes in the industry and result of these changes are adding more to pharmacy technician job description and duties. Most cost conscious insurance companies, in their never ending quest to save as much money as possible, they are using pharmacies as healthcare centers for low priority medical care. This sort of industry advancements will surely create more jobs in pharmacies and improve its pay rate. Things look great for pharmacy technicians right now and we will see what the future hold for them. In the mean time if pharmacy technician is on your career choice list, head over to http://www.aboutpharmacytechnician.com to learn everything you need to know about the job, education and legal requirements, pay rates and state pharmacy boards.

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Aboutpharmacytechnician.com strives to provide the most up-to date and quality information for pharmacy technician for free and tries to build a community platform where fellow techs can share experience and give advice to each other.