At least you "twiddle." Initially, I develop laryngitis from begging
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ASMT is using US MTs to develop
test for india MTs to certify them and they are using US MTs as guinea pigs. Do you still want to take their "beta test?"
RE: ASMT is using US MTs to develop
Can you provide verifiable proof of your outlandish statement?
I develop professionally every single day and I don't have to pay $300...
bucks to do it. I learn something new everyday, I research, read, and take notes. Professional development is a great notion for mandatory credentials, but my bottom line has more to do with money than accolades. That's the reality for most of us. Believe it or not, most of us are in this profession to make money from home. Some of us oldtimers got into this business back when we were actually respected and paid for our professionalism and knowledge.
I'm simply not paid enough to spend $300 on a test that may or may not get me one more penny a line and most definitely won't guarantee that my job won't get sent overseas.
You are obviously begging to keep this going
so go ahead....You standing on your soap box here is not going to make a bit of difference but you go right ahead. I'd sooner just dig in and get the job done - I do QA too and I've seen horrible and I've seen good -and I've seen exceptional - I prefer to think positive but you do your own thing
They generally are very active dogs who can develop
behavior problems. Please do a Google search. He should be excercised daily. Again, please do a google search and learn as much as you can. Talk to breeders, trainers, etc. In the long run you (and he) will be much better off if you take the time now to research and spend the necessary money to learn training techniques. You might find that it boils down to daily long, structured walks and then play. You will do great! Good luck!
Begging pardon!
It is NOT the only way for them to compete. That is total and utter BS!! It is just a better way for them to satisfy their GREED!
You are just BEGGING to be tossed out
not to mention how clueless you are. Perhaps if you work for a group of docs..but if your work is coming from surgery centers, clinics, etc...YOU are indeed clueless because as administrators change (AND THEY ALWAYS DO) the first agenda is cost cutting and to see 15 cpl going out for transcription when ABC Co down the street will come and do it for 10-12 CPL...you will lose accounts..
Congrats on your decision. Develop some outside interests or hobbies
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Newbies are begging for jobs at 6 cpl or they
So sad isn't it? I agree that the companies do not pay what they should, but they get away with it because more and more want to stay at home right off and not get the experience they need so they can go the bargaining table with a handful of ACE's, if you know what I mean. 
My co. was begging for MTs to work July 4th -
 - so I stayed home, and can see a ton of work listed, yet my job list is EMPTY!
I hate when this happens! They cry for backlog to be caught up, yet we can't get to it to do it. Meanwhile, ANOTHER holiday wasted in front of the PC waiting for work.
With used to have this problem all the time with the owner begging us to put in at least a few sm
lines for someone else within the year, when we were really her employees, just with no benefits. The IRS could have made big trouble for her. We had to work for at least one other person/company or would not be considered ICs, but employees.
Why on earth are you begging him for work when he doesn't pay on time? nm
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I did mine initially in MS Publisher, but I
switched over to MS Word with an Excel object pasted in the center of it that has formulas for multiplying rates out. I have one guy that does a bunch of weird stuff, so I bill him by the project. Sometimes it's a per page rate, sometimes it's hourly, and sometimes it's a flat fee. MPCount didn't work for billing him either.
If you'd like to leave your email address, I'll delete my info so you can put yours into it.
Tried this initially per tech's suggestion. Thank you!
dd
Don't spend a lot of time initially trying to get
a blank. After you complete the dictation go back and relisten to see if you can fill in the blanks. When I get a new ESL dictator it sometimes takes me a while to get his accent so I don't spend a lot of time trying to fill in the blanks initially. Usually by the end of the report I have gotten the accent and can fill in most blanks. I also have the experience to know what the blank should be in most cases, and that also helps me fill in. If you get QA files back make copies of them and start your a notebook. If you have the ability to relisten to files after they have been signed off when you get QA back relisten to the dictation and see if you can hear the blanks then. When I first started doing ESLs I was so stressed because they were hard and I left a lot of blanks and I just don't normally leave blanks. After getting QA back and relistening it seemed so clear what they were saying and I couldn't believe I had struggled so much.
I went that route initially and lost 60 days
and ended up listing my house with a regular real estate agent. In my post below about the soft market, I also mentioned not to go with a for sale by owner agent. Help-U-Sell and Assist-2-Sell are what I'm talking about. Yeah, the list on the MLS and yeah they give you a lock box but that's about it. With a bulldog real estate agent and company they will go the extra mile for you. That's what my agent did for me and my house is sold. We close on October 9th.
Regarding the lock box, your better agencies have them now that will email your agent when someone comes in a shows your house. It's a good way for your agent to followup. For sale by owner agents don't do that.
Be careful about these flat fee agents, because you get what you pay for.
Good luck!
Gentle stretching and ibuprofen initially,
then as it gets bearable, take up walking AT LEAST twice a week. Walk at a good speed with good posture, about 2 miles/45 minutes. The most logical way to keep a back working right when you sit in a chair all day is to walk regularly.
I'm 44, and thankfully all I get are muscle aches. At times there will be actual point tenderness in one of those (2) little dimples on your sacrum, you know, right in that area where a lot of tattoos are put? If you get that, you can massage that spot. It indicates a muscular problem, which is good, and it means you are too tight and need more exercise and especially stretching. The most important direction to stretch (since we are curled up in a C position so much of the day) is exercises that arch the back, so learn safe and effective stretches for that direction. What trainers are saying about stretching lately is stretch after exercise, not so much before, and hold each stretch longer. There are some muscles that don't even engage in the stretch until you've held it 30 seconds. I think piriformis is an important stretch.
It's very relaxing and restorative to stretch the right way.
Hope you are feeling better soon.
I thought initially "how hard can it be?"
It's not that I didn't respect the field, I just didn't anything about it. I had done legal transcription and figured since my mother was a nurse, I was pretty familiar with medical terminology (ahem).
By some miracle I got a transcription job in a small clinic and started to be trained. After the first week my thought was "Well, I guess I found something I CANNOT do!" =80 But my trainer was great, I picked it up quickly because even though it was hard I loved it from day 1.
That was 23 years ago and I've come a long way. I laugh at myself then. I was so clueless!
Were documents signed initially that focused on such an event?
dd
Yes at PHNS-- this was a few years ago....was paid initially on how many lines you averaged an hour
the highest you could get was .085 which is what I averaged, however they restructured and it plummetted to .07.....you could get .085 again but you had to really work your butt off (something like +1500 a day). I was PT so I was only doing 500 lines or so a day, at most 1000, so it basically sucked after that. Plus the company totally changed, they started to outsource to the Phillappines, work dried up big time and we fought over the lousy crumbs. Many of us left and moved onto to better things though!
I resisted it initially. Much to my surpise, line count has improved. Lots of backspacing being do
dd
This will vary depending on dictator style and speed, but the average to shoot for initially shoud b
around 3 times the length of the dictation. So, if the dictation is 5 minutes long, you should be able to complete the transcription in roughly 15 minutes. Again, that can vary, but it's a good rule of thumb to go by.
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