With unemployment hovering around 4 percent, CVS drugstores require aggressive recruitment of new pharmacy staff to fulfill the company s 300-store annual growth projection. Now a year old, the four-week internship program matches Goodwill clients with pharmacy technician trainers that teach them to read prescription labels and insurance forms, understand mathematical conversions and become familiar with the many generic and brand name drugs.
Trainees also learn customer service and basic computer skills.
Goodwill job trainers visit the 12 participating stores on a weekly basis to help trainees secure necessary support services such as childcare, transportation and counseling. After completing the program, trainees are placed in CVS stores geographically convenient to their homes. As a large, rapidly growing company, we need to think outside the box for areas to recruit, says CVS Lorraine. Goodwill spent a lot of time up front looking at the jobs CVS offers, and they ve done a terrific job of referring high quality people. They also have a lot of experience with government funding programs and tax issues.