According to Executive Vice President of the Indiana Pharmacists Alliance Lawrence Sage, ''the market just got a little tighter'' for pharmacies. By 2020, there will be a shortage of 157,000 pharmacists in the U.S., predicts the Pharmacy Manpower Project.

The reasons? An article on IndyStar.com says influencing factors include "a surge of retirements, a flurry of hospital and drugstore expansions, an aging population, and an increased number of prescriptions written."

But as the market tightens for pharmacies, the benefits for pharmacists will expand. Companies will try to woo them with salaries ranging from $75,000 to $100,000, bonuses, and tuition reimbursements. Says one pharmacy student of eager companies, "There's all kinds of job expos, emails, drugstores offering us free gifts, companies offering internships. I can pretty much go anywhere in the country and have a job."

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