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Disruption of Careers in Pharma Industry – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1018 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1018 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Antoni Shkraba Credit: Lukas Credit: Yan Krukau Preamble When I started at the entry level in pharmaceutical industry four decades ago, there was no talk about career progression. The market was dominated by MNCs who invested in training and development, but discussion on career planning for every individual was not done. The MNCs followed the rule of hiring at the entry level or at the highest level. Lateral hirings at middle and senior middle position were rare. The rule was to promote from inhouse talent. The problem, however, was that the companies were not expanding, and senior positions were few and far between. Even the first promotion t...

Career Setbacks – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #819 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #819 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Photo Credit: Andrea Piacquadio Photo Credit: Anna Shvets Photo Credit: Ron Lach This post is generally aimed at all working women and men, and especially towards Pharma colleagues. Why Pharma? The turnover in pharma sales teams ranges from 25 – 50%; very high as compared to office jobs in the same industry and all jobs in other industries. And it is not just due to stress; people working in small businesses receive very bad treatment, poor salary, and everyday attacks on self-respect, but they keep working at the same place for years. It should also be understood that stress is deliber...

Entrepreneurship within the Pharma Industry – Part 4 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #703 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #703 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Reasons for Failure – Continued…… We continue our discussion on entrepreneurship by the Pharma Industry employees. Employee Mindset Someone, who has been working as an employee for several years, develops a certain mindset. He is part of a team where work is divided, and responsibility is shared. Everyone does their job and goes home, leaving office worries behind. It is rare to get disturbed in off hours. Then there is possibility of annual leaves, casual leaves (which are taken mostly for casual reasons), and sick leaves (mostly availed as a matter...

Opportunities in Pharma Industry for New Graduates – Management Sciences 2 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #697 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #697 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Photo Credit: Pixabay Photo Credit: Tom Fisk This series of posts gives ideas about what opportunities new graduates can find in pharmaceutical industry. Pharmaceutical Industry is a large industry; it employs a fair number of people in various departments.  We take up two other majors offered in Management Sciences. Finance Historically, the ‘munshi’ kept the accounting record. A typical munshi in the old movies/plays would be a middle-aged guy, with a round-frame reading glasses on his nose, a register or papers under his...