Out of 20 I hire, maybe 1 will be good enough to keep!

• MTSOs, on a scale of 1 to 10, how qualified are - your applicants for acute care work? sm
  • Not just the newbies who cannot be trusted with acute care! - sunny
    • You are right - Me
      • This is encouraging. Thank you for posting. - nm
  • Out of 20 I hire, maybe 1 will be good enough to keep! - tired MT
    • Gee...are you at all aware of the degree of negativity you have? If your negative... sm - AnnaD
  • Most applicants GROSSLY overestimate their abilities - - no name, no state
    • Testing isn't free either - Me
      • Wow! Ridiculous! I've heard it all now. - nm
  • Are all the bad applicants necessarily newbies????? - just checking
    • Absolutely not. In my recruting experience many were old-timers having worked - for large nationals for years! sm
      • This newbie thanks you. - nm
  • Well, I am sorry to hear about all the problems - you're having with newbies! - sm
  • I think there are a huge number - QA also
    • May not be lying.. *certain* companies never bothered to check their work. - Amazing what I have seen. nm
      • Yes I think so too - Me
    • Here, here. Exactly my experience also, even down to the 10 year work experience. nm - Why do you think they pick 10 years?
      • When I became an MT supe many of my problem MTs - sm
  • What does this tell you? (sm) - QA'r
    • On mine, many MTs with 10+ yrs exp. SHOULD be on 100% QA! - Even scarier. QAer2 NM
    • This should tell MTSOs to value their REAL MTs sm - nm
  • I would have to say the MTs my company hires--sm - just QA person
  • I have very few applicants who can even do easy clinic notes, - forget about acute care
    • OK. Double wow. Same newbie here doing well. - I guess I went to a good school! - nm
  • You can't imagine.... - me
    • Amazing - newbie
      • How many lines are you producing a day? - You go girl!
        • I produce around 1000 lines per day... - newbie
          • That will change - once you start - NM
          • Good for you; you're a natural born MT and I wish you well. nm - Sadly, I think you're a nice exception from mos
            • Thank you so much for the kind words! - newbie
      • It's great you are doing so well. Are you doing all work - types, including ops, and ESLs? nm
        • Also Psych and ER....forgot about those! - newbie
        • Yes, I do everything - newbie
    • Wow. I'm a newbie MT, and I can do waaaay - better than that! - sm

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I have two years of acute care experience, and I need a part-time job to supplement my current income.  If everything works out, I will need to go to full time in March.  At this time, I can only work Friday and Saturday nights.

I have been applying to several companies, but they keep giving me the run around.  One company even told me I did very well on their test and that I was put in a pool of transcriptionists to be contacted.  The recruiter called me once, and I missed her call.  I called her back and left a message, but I have not heard anything else from her. 

Any advice would be appreciated. TIA!  

I hate ops and have never had a problem getting hired and paid decent but this company will not even look at you if you do not all 4 acute care.  I wish I liked ops but do not.  I applied for this company and this was the first time in my 9 years experience that I have had a company turn me down so their loss as far as I am concerned....

Because I have applied several times, and have never received so much as an email from them.  Weird, because I usually hear back from everyone I apply with. 

TIA!

Thanks

nm