Finding my own accounts. Some questions...

I have been seeking employment with a company for about 2 months now.  I've decided I want to also take this time to look at perhaps getting my own private accounts.  I am looking at a certain specialty and something in my area.  I'm putting together a proposal letter outlining my experience and skills and how it will benefit them to hire a local MT to personalize the work.  Where I am stuck is on what I should charge.  I was thinking something like 13 cpl, but is that enough?  If I have to drive for tapes, print things out, etc then I thought maybe 20 cpl would be more reasonable.  For those who do this would you mind advising me a bit on this?  What do you charge per line?  Do you go by gross line, 65 character line with spaces, without spaces?  So many options and I'm not sure what direction to go in on these few points.

If you'd feel more comfortable emailing me that's welcome too.

Thanks in advance!

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to here goes...firstly, I don't know about the platform, only that it is Word based. Secondly, I have many years cardio, and thirdly, no the test was not hard. Still looking for any answers to my questions above. Thanks in advance.

You can try the link below.  It is alphabetically.  What I had to do was send my resume to over 300 companies and then finally with the help of God and through prayer have found a company.  Hope this helps.

http://www.tiptopwebsite.com/websites/index2.php?username=mtjobfind&page=7

The best thing you can do is ask around on message boards about a company that peaks your interest.  There is usually somebody who has heard something before or has worked for them.  Search the message board for old messages about that company.  Just make sure you do lots of research before you accept any offers.  You may want to check out transcription matchmaker on the internet.

Transcription At Its Best, and just wondering if anyone here knows anything about them.  I tried searching the archives, but I think their name precludes the ability to narrow down the search enough.  Any information at all would be much appreciated.

TIA!  and happy Friday everyone!!!

All the ads out there are hiring for Tues-Sat or Sun-Thurs schedule.  Have seen some M-F ads, but they want 3rd shift. 

what is uppermost in your mind and at all times when communicating with a company, and NO company is going to be the perfect fit for everyone.....THERE IS NO PERFECT COMPANY we all find after many years, and that is why, for many years, I worked in hospital and at local MT companies, there was just much more in it for ME as a Transcriptionist than at the internet companies at the time.

What I found worked best was to have a notebook in front of me every time I applied, spoke to a recruiter, went on a website, etc., and on this notebook was a list I sat down and created in my leisure, really FOCUSING on what was important to me, the line rate I truly believed I deserved and why, the platforms (or lack therof) that seemed to be productive for me, the hours I could work comfortably, the days, what weekend options, IC, SE, or full employee, what type of QA or probationary period, how is training done and for how long, what types of accounts, (acute, clinic, office, mixture, what specialties, etc and report types), % of ESL (although I personally do very well with them), production standards, how days off/personal time is scheduled, TAT, etc.  Then, I could do a check mark system or make comments when speaking to recruiter/MTSO, etc.  and I  could also look back and refresh my memory.

All I can say for myself, personally, is that I have worked in hospital, doing both acute care and diagnostic imaging, I have worked for huge national companies (many of which do not exist anymore!), I have worked for the smaller, folksier companies, and I  also worked for transcription services in office locally.  I was very frustrated finding my own fit, MD to MD was it FOR ME.  After the first month, when Cheryl got to know my habits, capabilities, reliablility, ect., I found I had tons of leeway and tons freedom......any company has TAT, but I find 24 hours is fine (except for the STATS that I volunteered to cover) only a couple a week, is about as lenient as any GOOD company can be because of THEIR OWN contracts and legal liabilities to the hospitals and clnics or they have to eat their own reports and not get paid.  No one ever breathes down my back or checks up on my, unless is is late afternoon going into evening, I have a large work queue, and my boss knows I usually start at around 7:00 AM eastern.  Any boss needs to monitor the workflow, IF they are busy, have many good clients, and ALWAYS HAVE WORK, as I have had, not one down day in a year, which I never experienced before at home.  And should you need to work at night or weekends, just tell Cheryl, as long as she knows the work is being done, she is happy.

As for the 'offshore' thing, I will be honest, it bothered me and I almost considered not going there because of it.  But the South Africa thing I got to learn was more because they started there and it is their homeland, and it was the only way they could meet certain STAT situations because of their day/night difference.  I only knew of two girls in the Phillipines, one of which moved to the East coast this past summer.  There are no other foreign ties to my knowledge and Cheryl and Ian are very, very upfront about how this all works.  I also found that if I turned down this job on this point only, I would be cutting off my nose to spite my face, as I had found out, through the hiring research process, that there are many more offshore outsourcing companies than you could imagine, and they HIDE it instead of telling their employees. 

I found being paid a very good cpl BY THE GROSS LINE and never, ever having a pay issue to be a wonderful thing in helping me to help my family.  For me it has been great, there are many, many options out there, make sure you keep your own best interests and what TRULY WORKS WELL FOR YOU to always be foremost in your mind!  Good luck to all out ther!! 

what is uppermost in your mind and at all times when communicating with a company, and NO company is going to be the perfect fit for everyone.....THERE IS NO PERFECT COMPANY we all find after many years, and that is why, for many years, I worked in hospital and at local MT companies, there was just much more in it for ME as a Transcriptionist than at the internet companies at the time.

What I found worked best was to have a notebook in front of me every time I applied, spoke to a recruiter, went on a website, etc., and on this notebook was a list I sat down and created in my leisure, really FOCUSING on what was important to me, the line rate I truly believed I deserved and why, the platforms (or lack therof) that seemed to be productive for me, the hours I could work comfortably, the days, what weekend options, IC, SE, or full employee, what type of QA or probationary period, how is training done and for how long, what types of accounts, (acute, clinic, office, mixture, what specialties, etc and report types), % of ESL (although I personally do very well with them), production standards, how days off/personal time is scheduled, TAT, etc.  Then, I could do a check mark system or make comments when speaking to recruiter/MTSO, etc.  and I  could also look back and refresh my memory.

All I can say for myself, personally, is that I have worked in hospital, doing both acute care and diagnostic imaging, I have worked for huge national companies (many of which do not exist anymore!), I have worked for the smaller, folksier companies, and I  also worked for transcription services in office locally.  I was very frustrated finding my own fit, MD to MD was it FOR ME.  After the first month, when Cheryl got to know my habits, capabilities, reliablility, ect., I found I had tons of leeway and tons freedom......any company has TAT, but I find 24 hours is fine (except for the STATS that I volunteered to cover) only a couple a week, is about as lenient as any GOOD company can be because of THEIR OWN contracts and legal liabilities to the hospitals and clnics or they have to eat their own reports and not get paid.  No one ever breathes down my back or checks up on my, unless is is late afternoon going into evening, I have a large work queue, and my boss knows I usually start at around 7:00 AM eastern.  Any boss needs to monitor the workflow, IF they are busy, have many good clients, and ALWAYS HAVE WORK, as I have had, not one down day in a year, which I never experienced before at home.  And should you need to work at night or weekends, just tell Cheryl, as long as she knows the work is being done, she is happy.

As for the 'offshore' thing, I will be honest, it bothered me and I almost considered not going there because of it.  But the South Africa thing I got to learn was more because they started there and it is their homeland, and it was the only way they could meet certain STAT situations because of their day/night difference.  I only knew of two girls in the Phillipines, one of which moved to the East coast this past summer.  There are no other foreign ties to my knowledge and Cheryl and Ian are very, very upfront about how this all works.  I also found that if I turned down this job on this point only, I would be cutting off my nose to spite my face, as I had found out, through the hiring research process, that there are many more offshore outsourcing companies than you could imagine, and they HIDE it instead of telling their employees. 

I found being paid a very good cpl BY THE GROSS LINE and never, ever having a pay issue to be a wonderful thing in helping me to help my family.  For me it has been great, there are many, many options out there, make sure you keep your own best interests and what TRULY WORKS WELL FOR YOU to always be foremost in your mind!  Good luck to all out ther!! 

you name it.  You're welcome

Yes, I am an MT, too.  I refuse to leave my MTs hanging and deal with them unethically.  You put 'the suits' at the big MTSOs in the shoes of at-home MTs,  especially MTs who are on production and who have no work, no communication, and thus, no money, and they wouldn't last 1 hour.  They would scream and shout and then file unemployment in a heartbeat