My experience on the other end....
Posted By: Boo2 on 2006-09-19
In Reply to: Parental dilemma...sm - ICMT
When my husband died the school counselors, teachers, and students were of the biggest comfort to my children (who were 4 and 6 at the time). I did not know many of the parents, but I was so comforted knowing my children had someone there with them during the funeral, as I was truly not able to focus on them constantly with all the people, etc. The children in my son's class made him cards and they sat over in a corner and read them with their friends and played together. Children are so much more resilient than we think...much more than adults. Now, there was no open casket at my husband's funeral, specifically because of the children, so you might take that into consideration, but I woudl think there will be an area where the children will be, especially when someone with younger children dies.
I do want to extend my sympathies. I think it very admirable of your daughter to want to be a support for her friend and I think you should encouarge the compassion for others she has developed at such a young age. You obviously have done a wonderful job in raising her and I do hope you will allow her to be there for her friend, as her friend was there for her when she needed her...her friend needs her more than ever now.
May you all be held and comforted and my prayers are with all..
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Experience on top, current experience first. Education second. Leave out ALL fluff.
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How is one going to get experience, when no one will hire without experience????
 I constantly see all these job openings asking for experience. How can I get experience, when no one will hire me without experience???
Do you need to have 2 years full time experience or just 2 years' experience? nm
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In my experience,
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In my experience, I had to (sm)
allow the company to access my computer by clicking on an icon on my desktop. After they were done, I had to click "out" of the program, thus they cannot access my computer unless I give them my "permission" by accessing the program on my end! Does that make sense?
in my experience, (sm)
work always slows down in the summer, especially after a holiday. Hang in there, it gets better! 
I had such an experience
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experience
I had a very hard time trying to understand the guy trying to train me. He would tell me he would call at a certain time and he wouldn't. It would be the next day or 2 hours later than what he said. Told me you have to work until the jobs are cleaned out of system. I don't think so!!!!!
My experience (sm)
The most I have made working for another service was 11 cents per gross line. That was 3 years ago and that company sold, I couldn't work for them anymore anyway.
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Never in my experience. - nm
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Our experience...
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From my experience
They do not ask you. They recommend certain MTs.
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Same experience with the big "S"
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my experience....
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my experience
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What experience do you have? nm
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experience
I have three years psych transcription experience in/outpt and disability, etc. notes. Do you know of anything?
Different experience
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There always seems to be someone available to answer questions with normally fast responses and you get several updates a day on what the job stats are.
I have worked for them for close to a year and pay has always been on time and accurate.
I feel they are a very organized company unlike some others I have had brief encounters with (brief due to that very reason - so unorganized) and any contacts I have had with supervision, account liaisons, etc., has been very positive.
That's been my experience a lot lately.
I'm tired of it. I took on my third IC job last week until I can find a company that I can make half decent money with.
No Experience
Alll the jobs state they need expereince. How do you get hired with no experience. Very frustrated. Appreciate any help. Want to do transcription from home. What is the best way to get started. 
If you don't have that much experience SM
and you get hired by a company, they expect you to do your part by researching and looking up words and spelling them correctly as well as other aspects of the reports such as grammar and punctuation.
Companies do not have the time or resources to teach people what they are supposed to know. That's what schools get paid for.
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Instead of being angry, try to make yourself a better MT and go to the table with a little more to offer. It worked for me.
And just how much experience do you have?
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for someone with a lot of experience sm
that would be the norm but a newbie? Could be dictators are talking slow. I do 30 minutes per hour, so that would be a couple hours or less for 60 minutes of dictation, but there are variables.
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Hope this helps and good luck.
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30% has been my experience also
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Bad experience with them here. Looking elsewhere.
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My experience was
Just about the same, but the line rate was different. If they think they can get better service cheaper, then let them go for it. When they come crawling back to you to fix the garbage work or because reports are always out of TAT, then charge 17 cents or more to rush the work and then tell them your regular rate just went up to 15 cents... :-) We are not doormats!!
Experience
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Thanks for the advice!
I had the same experience
But I stuck with it. I had 13 years experience of acute care and went with a smaller company and they proofed all my work, and boy oh boy did I learn a lot. It did do a bit of damage to my ego, but in the long run I feel I profited from the experience. Once you get good at the account and learn it, they should ease up on the QAing a bit. 10.5 cents is a great rate, I would not give it up. Just keep doing your best, I even started reading my reports for a while and still spot check and read them too.
No experience
Not many places will hire you without experience. No one wants to take on someone and train them anymore. I have 27 years experience so I have no problem at all. Good luck. It takes years of experience to be a transcriptionist.
not by my experience. I have been --
responsible for my own digital voice player. I think perhaps you are thinking of something else, where they download their program onto your computer, like a platform, and you type into their program. I did that one time when I worked for a Sten-Tel outfit, but I quit due to the coordinator keeping me on Instant Messanger all day long talking about his daughter and her graduation, and then scolded me for not getting my work done. But anyway, their system was like that, and I did not like it, because I could not count my own lines...they did, and I totally did not trust that. Check out the StartStop website and you will see what I am talking about. that is the voice player that I have.
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I took the Master Gardener class in Iowa a few years ago. Loved it. Spent a day at the university in Ames for classes on plant pathology, entomology, etc. We also had live feeds from Ames with different professors. These live feeds went to all extensions giving the class, I think. It was great. Tons of great information. The only problem I had was getting the extension offices to notify me when the classes started. Not all extension offices offer the classes each year, so when the two near me failed to notify me of the start date, I ended up driving a long way to take the class each week. Very much worth my time, though.
Just my experience . . .
If you love someone you can put up with a lot, if you don't - it's hard to take. I stood by my man through thick and thin because I loved him but after time, that love just chipped away into nothing. After that, it didn't take much at all to leave. I sure was ready and never looked back.
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looking for experience
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How much experience do you have? sm
I know of a company looking for a part time editor, mornings. A good way to get your foot in the door, perhaps.
this is my experience
I quit my last job on a Tuesday. My insurance was effective through the remainder of the week and my last day of coverage was Friday. I was eligible for 3 months for cobra coverage. But the premiums were insanely high. But, I had it if I would have needed it. I purchased a health plan through Blue Cross/Blue Shield that was effective before my cobra ran out. Thank goodness I never needed to use it during that time.
That has not been my experience.
I've been my own sole support for nearly 23 years and have been a Transcriptionist for 22 years. If I were you, I would ask to be put on an account I liked better, and if they refuse to do that, leave. We have an immensely marketable trade. We don't have to work under unreasonable/unfair conditions that are hazardous to our well-being. Nobody gets to work on what they like and do best 24/7, but if you truly believe that your employer is treating you unfairly and hurting you, then for God's sake and your own, find one that will treat you right. I would.
All I can say from my experience is that...
If they don't want to change or quit, they won't. The addict has to really want it or they will not quit and will eventually go back. I have had loved ones and family addicted to meth and it is nasty. I've seen two men lose their wives and children because they couldn't/wouldn't quit. Support them in their endeavor, but they have to do it on their own with the support of their family.
It is a tough and long road, and it sometimes has no end.
Experience with this one..
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My experience
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She was disappointed also in it and thinks she will buy a regular car next time.
Hope this helps!
Anyone else have this experience?
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My experience...sm
I recently had shoulder surgery and could not type for over a week, and during that time I used Dragon 8 for all my emails and instant messaging and some other text entry situations. If you're willing to spend the time to learn how to use it efficiently, and also spend the time to train it, it can be a good tool to use. But I have never been able to match my typing speed with speech recognition.
Jay
my experience sm
When I use mine on a weekend it doesn't show up until the next business day. :(
My experience sm
Sometime before my 16th birthday I was terrified for that day to come. I had this constant, overwhelming feeling of death. It turns out that on the day of my birthday I went to a cemetery with a group of friends...not to do anything bad, but they liked to go fishing there at this little pond.
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