Validation Employment Prospects

Validation Employment with the pharmaceutical giants will also likely be expanding, hiring people with experience in drug safety and regulatory approval, says David G. Jensen, managing director at CareerTrax in Sedona, Ariz. Any persons such with validation compliance experience, or any who have worked in regulatory affairs, quality control, and validation, which are positions that often require science backgrounds will be in demand, he says. In the United States, companies will want people who understand regulations in other countries, so that they can help the company break into overseas markets. "Having multinational people in quality is a great thing," says First.

All signs point to growth in pharmaceutical employment with increasing benefits to those currently—and those who will soon be—in the pharmaceutical workforce.
However, employers may face hardships because the pool of available workers has shrunk, raising salaries and causing the loss of expansion opportunities due to lack of staff.
This view of pharmaceutical employment was formed using data from the ACS annual and five-year comprehensive salary surveys and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The information from these sources offers insight into the industry’s employers and employees.