I lost my job last year and landed at a Pharma agency in January. I’m glad I have a job, but I don’t like the pharma world. It’s so different, bland, and squared. I have a solid book, but somehow, I can't land interviews at the agencies I’ve applied for. So, I wonder if a GCD or ECD here could review my book and give me feedback.

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Odds are you can’t land interviews b/c the market is absolutely terrible right now. Clients have drastically cut budgets and so many agency peeps are being laid off. Hopefully things will pick up though.

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In the same boat. Hang in there. A bland pharma job is still better than unemployment.

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Not an ECD but know how your feeling. Debating going back to pharma myself to wait out this awful job market after months of being unemployed… but reminder to you and myself it’s not us. It’s the job market and the insane amount of people unemployed competing for the same jobs. Keep applying. Keep going! It will be okay at least that’s what’s I have to tell myself 🫠

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Can confirm ACD1

NJ is the hotbed of pharma. See if there’s a way to scope that out. Also try NJ pharma recruiters.

I hated pharma and got out. But not until I had landed some other gigs. It’s tough to make the switch. Can you showcase examples where you had strong branding chops on a pharma project?

Unemployed for 8 months and can’t get an interview, even in pharma bc they all want previous pharma experience over agency creds.

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