San Joaquin Valley College - Visalia

Date: Jul 02 2004
Major: Pharmacy (This Major's Salary over time)
This comment regards the pharmacy tech program. I have three words for anyone thinking about enrolling: SAVE YOUR MONEY! I did get an associate's degree. It cost me $17,000. The job market in the central valley for pharmacy techs is abyssmal. It does not exist. There are no jobs. I have tried for over a year to get a job in the industry and cannot get one even 100 miles away! Please, please think before you join this program. I cannot speak for the other programs there. Employment assistance was a crock. Their "connections" come out of classified ads. I wish I would have gone into nursing now. The demand is there. They tell you that they don't want you bad mouthing the school, well I am. Stay away. Save your money. The instructors are burnt out pharmacy techs who are looking for some "variety". They have all have an AS. That's it. I was not impressed. I see the commercials on tv and want to vomit at all the money I wasted. I could have gotten the same piece of paper at West Hills for a fraction of the cost. If you don't believe me, try calling around to every pharmacy in a 30 mile radius of your house to see if they're hiring. I bet you $50 bucks they're not and don't plan on hiring any time soon. I have all the "skills" they say I need to get a job. So where the heck is it???

All I can say is thank God I can type and file. At least I have a mediocre job and can start to pay my bill now.