Be careful. M-Tec may not be very forthright with you about it. It has often been posted here
Posted By: JoV on 2006-06-07
In Reply to: What will I do? - Amy Ruff
about newbies being shocked at how hard it is to get a job. You may email me for any further questions. I have been in the MT business for 25 years, worked for hospitals, doctor's offices and now have an MTSO. I am always happy to help newbies. One more thing I would do right now is archive everything on this board. That will give you a taste as to what you are up against.
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M-TEC is always forthright with information
I know it might sound odd to some, but we do pride ourselves on telling the truth (and nothing but the truth) to prospective students, current students, and graduates about the industry, job opportunities, and the profession in general. We are not like some of the matchbox schools who are trying to enroll everyone and anyone off the streets. We have a pre-enrollment test, and we pride ourselves on the difficulty level and quality of our program. We only enroll as many students as we know we can handle. Period. We won't tell you that this course is going to be easy, nor do we tell you that you can do this from home in your jammies with kids on your lap. We take this profession very seriously, and we expect our students and graduates to do the same. Our placement rate is high and, while the biggest percentage of our employers who hire our graduates are looking for full time employee status (what a great opportunity that is by the way), many of them will also still hire part-time. It is easier by far to make this a career choice and prepare for full time position so that you can continue to train your ear and update your skill levels once you graduate. If part-time is the only option for you, we will work with you to that end. Those are the facts.
That having been said, I would be more than happy to talk with anyone who is sincerely interested in our program or medical transcription in general. Please feel free to email at sfrancis@mtecinc.com or call toll free 877-864-3307 and talk with me or any one of our staff at your convenience. :)
Be careful what you say.
Before you say something about a company I would make sure I was absolutely right or you can get in trouble for libel. Just looking out for ya.
Be careful, please.
The typical scams here involve wanting you to work without pay to gain experience, to work at low pay, to be penalized for "errors," to pay for "training" supplied by their employees, and to pay them to supply your computer, software, etc., and/or to put up a deposit or something like that before you can work.
If you encounter any of those things and start thinking how wonderful they are to "give you a chance," remember that it's going to be less expense in the long run for you to just pay for another, better, school like Andrews or M-Tec, after completing which you will get a decent job.
You need to work on your writing skills, too. That problem area is going to hold you back, both in finding a job and in keeping one!
Be Careful
I just want to let people know it is very frustrating trying to find a job in Medical Transcription, especially when you are a new MT graduate! It seems to me no one wants to give us a chance, but I did have a chance with a company called Transmedical. But with this company it did not work out! In the little time I was with this company she lost 2 accounts and did not tell everyone that was working for her what was going on we all had to call and find out ourselves. So please be careful when someone does give you a chance! So please if anyone knows of anyone that is willing to give new MTs a chance please let me know. I do check MTstars and MTjobs everyday.
Thanks,
Sonnett
Good Luck to all new MT Graduates, we need it! 
Be careful, though, a lot of the scams use this and Monster too
If it sounds too good to be true ($70,000 a year!) or if they are directing you to a course that they sell, it's probably bogus.
Please be careful on using that term certified MT.
You are only certified if you have taken the CMT exam for the AAMT.
Otherwise, you have a certificate for completing a course.
You can face legal action for claiming to be a certified MT without an AAMT certification number to back it up.
It also misrepresents yourself.
Be very careful of anyone promising you "experience".
The AIM program -- you do work for them for free in that program.
Please be careful about the term "certification".
Getting a certification for completing an MT course does not make you certified. Only passing the C.M.T. challenge exam by the AAMT allows you that.
Be careful to avoid scams . . .
A lot of people who contact newbies with offers to help them get training are scam operators. Some are just well-meaning, but misguided people who think they're "mentors."
They may offer you the opportunity to work for nothing, or they may offer to pay you, but subtract penalties for editing and errors, or they might just never bother sending your check at all. They figure that you're desperate enough to put up with it for six or twelve months, and you probably will be.
Please check carefully before you agree to this sort of thing.
Please be careful with use of the word profession vs. occupation..sm
though the two terms are sometimes used interchangably, they really don't mean the same thing. Occupation is what engages or "occupies" one's time, such as a job. Profession is considered a calling, vocation or form of employment that provides a needed service to society and possesses characteristics of expertise, autonomy, long academic preparation, commitment and responsibility. While MT's are dedicated workers supporting healthcare in a paraprofessional capacity, it's not really in the same camp as law, medicine, ministry, etc. MT's don't work on their own, unsupervised, such as a doctor does, nor do they have a long academic prep, even if they do go to business college...
Be careful when people have to write you off the board
It may be totally innocent, but often the scammers do that. If they offer you a job and you have to buy equipment, come back on the board and let us know.
If they offer you a scholarship or an internship or offer to be your "mentor" and you'll just do the work for free, you're about to be scammed.
Just be careful not to get Office Works or Suite
that is advertised as compatible with MS Word. I accidentally bought that once, the packaging was similar and the box said it did everything MS Word did. Well, it sort of did, but that software changed every document I had in my entire computer upon installation to its own version. That certainly would not have worked in transcribing and transmitting reports. While it did work with Word as the packaging said, it did so by changing Word to something else. I don't recall the exact name of this, but just read the packaging carefully and get Microsoft and not a lookalike. Just wanted to give you a heads up to avoid one of my many mistakes. Good luck.
be careful. not all companies can use Word 2007 yet.
many require 2000-2003, no older, no newer.
Okay, first you posted
"was anyone else dumb enough to pay PCDI for MT training?"
I saw where someone named Nichole asked what H&P meant and someone else had already answered correctly. I posted in response to "was anyone else dumb enough to pay PCDI for MT training?" indicating that if PCDI did not tell you that much then you did get ripped off, and that I was not trying to be ugly to you. Again, just agreeing with you. You did not seem to understand my post when you replied with your question, screaming at me (all caps), "MEANING?"
I was admittedly ugly in my next post indicating that if you could not understand my post, as simply and clearly as I felt I had stated it, then maybe it was you and not PCDI.
There is a job posted right now
for orthopedics and pain management, but it's one of the few I've ever seen. But make note of the company's name for her just the same. (Job Seeker's Board).
Is this the same Nichole that posted a little further down?
If this is you, we talked yesterday. I am the one that emailed you with the links.
No it wasnt me. I posted below. nm
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I posted a response to her too (sm)
Someone else responded to her original post and gave her constructive information regarding her grammar. She then turned around and told that person to kiss her you-know-what, etc. Then she kept complaining that people were offending her and wanted posts deleted. The administrator did so and also deleted her offensive post. What goes around comes around. The administrator admonished us not to treat her badly. When she used offensive language to the first response she was asking for it. Of course, that is just my opinion. Are we still allowed those? We spend so much time trying to send out perfect work that when we are posting on these boards it is easy to get lazy and not proof as well. It is just in our nature that these errors would jump out at someone else reading them. We do get paid for that, after all. Of course, there is no need to criticize each mistake made on this board although, as I stated previously, when you come here with an attitude you can be pretty sure that you will get it back x10.
Peace out....
It is clearly posted on their site but
There are 3 schools listed here and it shows their prices and their web addies and stuff like that.
Posted by DJ...about 8 posts down. nm
I posted my response to you above accidentally.
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I posted it AFTER she told another poster to (sm)
kiss her, well, you know. That has been removed now though.
I think I posted this same post 3 months ago....
and today I look up drugs every so often but still NOTHING like I use to!! It does get better trust me. I have been doing this for 3 months and loving it.
It gets better. *hugs*
Here is a list that was previously posted...
http://forum.mtstars.com/medical_transcription/v/3/7497.html 
Corrie, I'm the new grad that posted...
I'm the grad from Everett Community College (which utilizes CareerStep courseware) who posted about getting my IC position after 18 days of job hunting and only 4 applications. I'm sorry you found my news hard to believe, but it is a fact.
I posted my good news to encourage all new grads, no matter where they might have graduated from. Those who claim M-Tec and Andrews are the only schools that produce employable grads are WRONG!!! That is another reason I felt a strong need to post my news here on mtstars. When I was working through my MT classes, I found coming to mtstars was a real bummer. All I ever read here was negative posts, and checking out this forum became a waste of my time. I hardly ever see new grads posting that they got a job here. Why is that? Do they just forget to post when that happens? I can't figure that one out. I had to post when I got my first position! I THOUGHT it might encourage other new grads, and I certainly didn't mean to bring them down because they haven't found work yet.
I believe the road to getting that first MT job can indeed be long and bumpy. Actually, that is what I was planning on, and it is the case with most new grads. I think I have solid employable skills, AND I applied at the right place at the right time.
I know it has to feel redundant submitting all the applications and tests to only find out later that places are not hiring, don't hire new grads, or when you hear nothing back at all. My best advice is to keep playing the game. If your skills are solid and true, it's all about the timing! Every day that you test or apply, there is a chance at getting that first job!
Again, my post of how long it took me to get my job is true and only meant to encourage ALL new grads! M-Tec and Andrews are probably great schools, I don't doubt that for 1 minute, BUT they are not the only great schools!
Keep moving forward! I once heard it said "If you are still chasing your dreams, you are not running fast enough! Run faster!"
Corrie - Feel free to reply by email if you think I can help you in any way!
I've posted jobs and they have never been "scoped."
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India is hardly ahead of us. I have posted this several times now.
MTs required to do the same amount of work. Do you call that being ahead of us? I don't think so. The only reason there are a lot more Indian MTs, or from other countries for that matter is because it's about a 3 to 1 ratio. Yes, there is a lot of dictation going overseas, but keep in mind that the quality coming back is very poor and requires American editors to clean up the mess, which equals jobs to Americans.
Sorry - posted in wrong place - disregard
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Sorry, posted this on wrong board! Please ignore
All we have to go on is what you posted. You are losing work, going out of business, failiing
If you aren't doing well, the wisest thing is to change your situation. Get a better education perhaps. All we know about you is the fact that you have posted that this career is not working for you and some of your friends are also having problems.
above post is a bunch of crap, posted by school owner obviously.nm
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Also, does no one bother to read previous posts here? Scroll down & someone posted a list found by s
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