Certain skillsets are more suited to a career in pharmacy than others. Based on the career track – community, research, or industry/sales, different skills are emphasized for each. According to www.onetonline.org, a web based tool that outlines details about thousands of occupations, the skills below are ones that are needed for these fields.
●Community Pharmacists:-
works in a retail operation dispensing medication to clients:
Skill set includes:
-Active Listening
-Critical Thinking
-Instructing
-Monitoring
-Service Orientation
-Speaking
-Writing
-Judgment and Decision Making
●Research Science:-
-Critical Thinking
-Reading Comprehension
-Active Learning
-Active Listening
-Speaking
-Writing
-Complex Problem Solving
-Judgment and Decision Making
-Mathematics
●Industry/Sales:-
-Speaking
-Persuasion
-Active Listening
-Social Perceptiveness
-Negotiation
-Reading Comprehension
-Service Orientation
-Active Learning
-Complex Problem Solving
-Coordination
