A large part of MT work is research. Do some research on this company. Check Google, etc. nm
Posted By: Deb on 2008-12-14
In Reply to: Trans am Assosciates? any info or feedback ? - Michelle Bishop
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I only wanted to work for a local company, not a large national. So... (sm)
I went to Google Local. Clicked on "find businesses". I then put in medical transcription in the "what" box and my City, State in the "where" box. I sent a resume and cover letter to every hit that looked good to me. I also went through the yellow pages and sent a resume and cover letter to every listing. I sent out more than 50 resumes.
I had about fifteen calls back. I had five offers. I accepted one. I have been getting calls ever since. In fact, I left my first position about three months after I got it in order to go to another company that was offering me more per line plus incentive. Yes, I accepted 7.5 cents from my first employer and she worked me to death and had some serious, shall we say, boundary issues. But I got my feet wet and in the door and was on to better things within months. I have been at my current position for about seven months, and it was a position I got based on yet another one of those resumes that had been received, kept on a desk somewhere, and acted upon months after I had sent them out.
One thing that no fewer than five of the fifteen callbacks said was that they were very impressed by my resume and my cover letter. One lady said that she was amazed by the number of people applying for jobs as medical language specialists who cannot even manage to put out a resume and cover letter that is free of spelling, grammar, and punctuation mistakes. So, do a professional resume and cover letter and make sure it's PERFECT.
I love my job and feel very blessed that I never experienced some of the awful newbie troubles I have read about here. If you have any questions or anything, feel free to contact me off the list or reply here and I will get back to you ASAP.
Elle
Unfortunately a large part of MT
involves excellent grammar and spelling skills. You are seriously lacking in those. Go ahead and waste your money trying to become an MT, if you don't want to listen.
MT is a lot of work, not just something you can do at home.
Research.
If you enjoy research you will probably enjoy MT.
I've been working from home for the VA for six months and love my job. I feel at home with research, spelling, typing, solitude. For me this is a dream come true.
When I need to do something different, I hop on my bike. This relieves stress that can build up after hours of sitting and shallow breathing.
Research
Let me know if you hear anything and I will let you know the same. I have been doing some research on them so I will let you know what I find out.
Research, research
There are many post here that will answer those questions. Here are some articles that might help too. www.help4mts.com/articles.htm
If QA has to do research MT should do, QA should
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Do more research
I would venture to say you haven't done nearly enough research. I would highly suggest either Andrews or MTEC. Go over all the info on this board with a fine tooth comb before you put your money down. SO many people come here complaining that they wasted their time and money with substandard schools. DON'T DO IT! How can you possibly know that the course this school offers is "comprehensive?" They may guarantee that they will "help" you find a job, but that in no way guarantees you will ever get one. Getting into MT is tough these days, but having a good education gives you a real advantage. Don't cut corners on your education!
Research first
I would suggest researching potential employers and seeing what schools they will hire new graduates from. The two that I always see are M-Tec and Career Step, the program my sisters took and I thought was excellent. These are both online programs. If you can't afford their payment plans, you could apply for a loan through Sallie Mae. I know all about this from mentoring my sister through her program at Career Step, which does help with job placement.
Do some research first
My suggestion would be to research the job market for coders and LPNs before making a decision on further education. From what I've seen advertised locally in PA, they are always looking for LPNs, but I rarely see jobs for coders. Good luck with whatever you decide!
Research
I researched MT on governmental sites to check the outlook for MTs from home. I also checked governmental sites for AHP as well to make sure they are not some kind of scam, which they are not. I did not, however, dig for information on what people THINK of AHP as a school. If I am to blame, blame me for that. Wait, you already did. Thanks for the encouraging words.
Will continue to research....
Thanks for your response Annette! I guess I need to call a combination of clinics, hospitals, private pratices to see what they want and what education background they look for.
See I live in Georgia and they have a hope scholarship (or grant) that would pay 100% of my certification, books and fees included. They have a link to most of the schools that one could attend. The technical schools that I looked into do offer full certification, but the "big 3" training companies are not listed. I first need to contact the Georgia Hope Grant to see if these schools would be covered as well. If not, I hope the local hospitals and doctors offices look forward to students from the local technical schools.
As much as I want to make extra money at home, I just don't know which way to go. I have a twin sister who just started the billing and coding certification in Ohio and I try to get some pointers from her, but she just started about a month ago and I can only digest what information she gets from others.
I look forward to reading a lot of posts on this site as I find it very helpful and interesting.
Thx Annette.
Nicely indexed research site
http://www.fpnotebook.com/idxA.htm
as a newbie, you need to research who hires newbies
nm
Quickly obvious which MTs dont want to research,
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agree. Much quicker for me to research the internet than take the time..
to stock a library of books that takes me more time to look through than finding some very dependable websites and bookmarking them in your favorites. I certainly don't miss the days when when you had to constantly update your medical library before the internet age. All new MTs should be very grateful for the wonderful resources available on the internet, as they save a lot of research time.
No..not transolutions. Refuse to work for large companies who chain you to a desk. sm
I work for a small, but growing company just outside of Chicago. She is an awsome lady to work for. Lets me to my lines when I want and how I want. No set hours. No set line count. She just knows that I will give her about 800-1000 in a 24 hour time frame. Wouldnt do it any other way.
part time work
I graduated from U.S. Career Institute in December and have started nursing school. I did this to work from home part time while in school. Does anyone know of any jobs out there for part time work. I have been a phlebotomist and CNA for 9 years and have a good medical background. Thanks for any help that you can give.
Part TIme Work
I'm in the same boat as well, just got done with school and have certificate. Don't want to over commit myself and things not work out.
Not a reputable company. Do not go there. Check
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Check the company board -sm
I've seen talk on there of several companies that hire new grads.
I actually got hired at MQ right out of school - but it was a much different company then. I worked there for 3-1/2 years and bailed when the first signs of sinking occured. 
I honestly only have experience with them and the company I'm currently at - and I don't think my current one hires new grads. Check out the company board though and I'm sure you'll find a company that will make you much happier than MQ could.
Check the company board. These same
questions have been asked multiple times the past couple of weeks. I didn't see anything good about them.
Any company that charges anything to work is not a reputable company. However,
if a company offers a job and requires that you have a certain pedal and offers to provide it and then take it out of say your first paycheck or couple of paychecks, then that is acceptable.
My belief is that companies that charge you for software or anything else is trying to make money off of you.
While $11.95 isn't much, figure that amount times 10 or 20 or 100 and what do you come up with? Smells like a scam to me.
I only work part time but it takes me...sm
all day to do the work. I have one at home and my other two are in elementary. I only do about 500 lines per day, but I it takes the whole day to do it because I stop and play, read, and BE with my little one. She just turned 5. I used to work in the evenings or at night when she was younger, but now I do it during the day. She has a desk beside mine and she does her "work". But then she wants to be held or read to or played with and that is when I stop and do those things with her. IF I needed to make more money or if I was needed to work more then I would find someone to watch her or work when she is sleeping. I would never expect a child to sit in front of a TV all day by herself (which is what it is if you are not paying attention to her) and be okay and well behaved.
I work for Focus part-time
I work for Focus and have posted many times recently on them. They are a great company but I do not feel that the extra shift differential always makes a difference because they have a lot of ESL dictators which can slow you down. They also have very large accounts and you really do not always have a chance to become familiar with the docs. You can get health benefits around $75/biweekly if you meet the line count and permanent employee, but there is no pay for time off.
On the other hand there are some positives. There is no set schedule if you are a contractor and they are very nice people. I ususally log in whenever and there is usually always work. There are times when they run low, but I have another company I do full-time which has better benefits. I would not do Focus alone, but they are a great 2nd company. They started me out when I was a new graduate, so I will always have good things to say about them and have not found much of the negatives posted about them to be true. The only thing is they hire a large volume of MTs, so you need to protect yourself from running low on work if you are going to work for them full-time. I have worked at least 4 different accounts when I was full-time to ensure this did not happen to me. Maybe you could work for both companies---one full and the other part-time.
Good Luck with your decision.
Sue
Check the company board for info on them.
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part time with a national will put you at the end of the line for work sm
and give you the crappiest accounts. Only way to work for a national is full time. Good luck!
Trouble understanding test is part of work
We intentionally put a hard to understand file in our transcription portion of the test to see how a potential employee will do with hard to understand dictation. All your dictation files are not going to be easy to understand when you get into a position.
Spheris being discussed now on the Company board. Check
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Newly graduated MT - is it possible to find part-time acute work?
I was wondering if anyone has had any success finding part-time, IC, acute work as a new MT? 
Work for Local Company
I work as an IC for a small local company at the moment.
May I ask Micgroovy, what company you work for?
Of course if you'd rather not give out that information I understand.
Thanks either way.
If you'll check the company board you'll find
they have been talked about several times recently. They are an Indian company and no one has had anything good to say about them.
US Transcription, good or bad company to work for?
Anyone got any information about working for US Transcription? Good or bad information would be great.
Thanks.
Anywhere I've used this it's been set on the company end how the work is funneled to the MTs.
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I emailed you where I work...great company
nm
If a company wants you to work for them they should provide the software. sm
You will have to buy some hardware (foot pedal etc) but the either the software is free (express scribe) or they provide it. This is just my experience but I did see that company when I first started and I did almost take a job with them until I was told the same thing. Good luck!!
How about Medquist? is it a good company to work for?
I recently received a reply from an application I filled out for Medquist and was wondering exactly how they operated and what to expect if it turned out to be promising. Do any of the companies provide all of the equipment? My MT instructor said that there were companies that did provide everything from computers to software and the hardware, too. I'm keeping my fingers crossed...I'm willing to do just about anything to get my foot in the door somewhere.
I wouldn't work for a company that outsourcing offshore and then lies about it.
absolute definitive proof of this. Be wary.
Proficient Transcription is supposedly a company but they charge you to work there (sm)
You should never have to pay to work.
Do you use Google as a reference? When
I put in Olympus fiberoptic colonoscope (yes, I've known what it is for 20+ years now), I get lots of hits.
Just trying to help.
I did a search on Google for
entertainment transcription and several companies came up. Most of them are based in California and require that you live withing 30 minutes driving distance from the location of the transcription company. See www.transcripts.net, also see www.indeed.com, there are similar jobs posted on this site.
Google it. I would suggest staying away
from TVPS.com
I have used this company and had no problems. http://www.theprogrammers.com/wavp.html
I tried to google Missy's list
and got nowhere. Maybe the site is down now. I found out about it from Meditec (clicked on references/resources then job links). I just tried that now and it took me to a page of just advertisements. So, I guess it is down now. What they did was charge a fee for access to their list of MT companies and private forum. They'd usually say a little bit about the MT companies such as how much experience they required before testing, if they allowed newbies, etc. All of that info you could get elsewhere on you own, but it was kind of helpful having a lot of it in front of you when job hunging. Basically that was it.
It sounds like the site you are talking about is a good idea. Maybe it would be something we all can use. If you move forward with it, let us know.
God Bless.
Hey Milton, your stapler is causing google
to spawn a bunch of stapler advertising! You are so powerful my friend...
Google 'practice medical transcription'
Your question got me wondering, so I checked out the site that the previous poster provided. Those programs were way to expensive for me, but I did find some others that were a little cheaper.
You can google for a free word/line counter..
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Didn't she sell it, or just your company to an offshore company. The woman
has a screw loose.
No, the woman who owns this company can't transcribe herself, much less run a company.
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company was sold so they have no company to hire you after graduation!
They are not a reputable school and I went there so I should know. Even when they did have Trans. Relief Services they never answered my email about employment upon graduation.
Doing MT Part Time
I work 8 hours per day, 4 days per week, at my job outside my home. I'm doing transcription on Fridays and what I can fit in on Saturdays and Sundays. I'm an IC. I love doing the work, but you really have to discipline yourself to sit there in that chair and do it. It's very easy to get up and wonder off or take off somewhere and say "oh I'll finish this later. Before you know it the weekend is gone and you have to hustle to get it done. Luckily the company I'm working for has a QA person that is the greatest and she knows my schedule and time limit and sends me work accordingly.
The company I worked for before would send me work all during the week, and I was busting it trying to do that and work during the day too. It was tough. Best of luck to you.
Northern part of US.
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