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myself with 2 services.  One I'm an employee with excellent health benefits, fantastic PTO, and other perks.  The other I'm an IC.  I work about 45 hours a week.

I'm in central PA but am single so living off of $30k wouldn't work for me.

I wouldn't even consider an hourly gig.

  I don't think that was a silly question to ask. 

Hi all-

My hospital recently outsourced its rad transcription.  I was able to get on the with the company that took over, but ended up taking a 50% cut in pay!  I am in the process of sending out resumes in hopes to find PT/prn (preferably IC) work to supplement.  While I can write a rocking resume, I am absolutely terrible with cover letters.  I have drawn one up (based on examples from the net) and was hoping that I could get some feedback (content, format, grammar, etc) from my fellow MTs.  Any help would be great!  I am fully open to any CONSTRUCTIVE criticism.  Please see the letter below and thanks in advance for your help!

Dear Employer:

In response to the open medical Transcriptionist position with your organization, I am enclosing a resume for your review. Please consider this letter as my formal application presenting my background, education, and experience.

I have over 4 years experience in radiology transcription; and I am well versed in the areas of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, pharmacology, labwork, and surgical procedures.

I have considerable experience in transcribing all types of medical imaging procedures, including Interventional Radiology and Mammography.  I am high self-motivated and produce excellent work, both in quality and quantity.

May I arrange an interview to further discuss my qualifications? I am available for an interview at a mutually convenient time.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

Encl.

This may be a dumb question, but the last time I applied for a job and sent a resume was 10 years ago, before everything was done online.  (I remember the test tape being mailed to me, and I had to mail it back within... 48 hours, I think it was.  Seems so archaic now!  LOL)

My question is, when you are asked to cut and paste your resume, do you *just* put in your resume, or do you put a cover letter *and* your resume? 

Also, do you worry about the formatting of your resume if the formatting looks messed up after it's been pasted in? 

Thank you!

No, I do not work for OSi however, as a medical Transcriptionist with 20+ years of experience and QA experience -- I have seen and heard it all -- "I cant work weekends because I want a 9 to 5 job, I want to make 100,000 a year because that is what the ads promise  -- I think that I can stay home with toddlers, and post on these boards all day"  Truth be told, it's a hard profession  -- the doctors names are not given, if you work for a compay in one state and live in another, you have to do the research  -- these advertisements that are on television promise a wonderful salary, BUT.... you have to work your butt off to get that salary  -- I have, as many of the OLDER and SEASONED MTs have seen a change in the "work ethiic"  You want to be able to have your cake and eat it too  -- MT is NOT an 8-5 Monday-Friday job -- I work for two services and am STILL barely able to make ends meet  - its not India, its not the Phillipines or anywhere else -- its learning the English language and THINKING for yourself once in a while -- "gee I can't find this or that" well, its a sad statement on our society, because when I learned to spell, I learned with phonics -- another thing that I had an advantage with in this field was that I sang from grade school and college and if I didnt "understand the translation" then I was lost  -- its NOT only typing -- its getting off boards like this and LEARNING something instead of "griping and complaining"

Sorry just my quarters worth after a 15 hour day

I kinda do that a lot.  Therapist says it's bad for me, detrimental to my self-esteem, yada yada yada...but I dig it.        

I remember preparing my very first resume...fancy stock paper with watermark, with the obligatory short-n-sweet cover letter included, even a reference sheet if I was feeling ballsy, all mailed in a manilla envelope the same size as the paper so there were no creases!  Now everything is done electronic and it's SO impersonal!

I'm such an old fart.    

by supervisors is not about the transcription quality at all, you know, what we were hired and paid (albeit poorly) to do... it's about the B.S. demographic crap, et.al, ad nauseum, stuff that is not our job in the first place, but the hospital's.  T

The MTSOs are so paranoid about losing an account that they're constantly BROWN-NOSING the client hospitals AT OUR EXPENSE

.  And we've been putting up with it.

I work for Precyse and I haven't seen anyone give glowing reports on this board (not like TT or KS, anyway!).  But, it doesn't bother me a bit if someone has something less than positive to say about the company - it's not a personal reflection on me.  I make a good living, take the good with the bad (if you're an MT, you know what I mean), and have the flexibility I need to raise a 9-year-old.  I bought a house 2 years ago and a car last year - and I'm a single mom with no child support.  BTW, Precyse honors mature (and I don't necessarily mean old!), responsible MTs who don't need a lot of hand-holding.  That's one of the things I agree with from previous posters.  And I definitely prefer it, rather than constant IMs or emails (how in the world are you supposed to get your work done?).

Wait a sec - I got off track there.  I don't consider it bashing a company if you had a negative experience there.  Please share your experience with others wanting to reseach jobs.  If there's a trend developing in a company or in the industry, this is where you'll see it - but only if people are honest.  What I do call bashing is when someone starts attacking the poor person who is trying to report a negative experience.  (Or when the spell-check police are on duty.  HELLO??!!  Chat rooms, instant messaging, and text messaging are considered informal conversations - NOT legal documents.)

Wait a sec - I got off track there - again.  Anyway, my advise is....find a good company that YOU like and don't worry about anyone else.

AGain, they wouldn't be hiring if the pay was not so darned low!  I heard they are very nice.  I have not personally worked for them, but people want replies whether they are good or bad, and even the moderators say to not take everything you read on here to heart. 

If people want to apply and be paid that low rate, then go ahead. 

If Mary H is so honest and ready to help, why didn't she answer the pay rate question?  It's a fair question that deserves a fair answer. 

There is no problem with tooting your own horn, but when someone goes quiet all of a sudden when the subject of pay rate comes up, it just sends a message that the pay is probably very low. 

Some people are not worried about nice management because that's not what pays the bills.