Heartland mentors are the worst around...
Posted By: nm on 2005-08-20
In Reply to: OSI, Heartland Mentoring Programs - Julie
very rude and unorganized. I highly do not recommend them.
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Heartland employee
Hello, I am not a Heartland employee, but I did take their test and passed with a 92. They said at the time that their training class was full and as soon as they had an opening for training, that they would get in touch with me. I have not heard from them and that has been two months. I am a CareerStep grad. Wanda
So all 150 Heartland MT's were incompetent?
I think you jest.
they might. but then again they might be Heartland employees and
be laid off. All 150 of their US MT's were let go. Without warning. Without severance packages. Now Heartland only has Indian MT's. Does that sound scary? It should.
They are one of the worst schools out there, not
near enough instruction or dictation practice. Most people that take their course find they need more schooling or to get into a mentoring program. Most find that they just cannot past the testing from companies. I would look into going in-house, either at a hospital or clinic or getting into a legitimate mentoring situation.
OSI, Heartland Mentoring Programs
Just wondering if anyone has heard of these mentoring programs. I, too, am finding it hard to get a job with no experience. Are these programs worth it? Has anyone out there gone through these? Please give some friendly advice!
Are there any happy Heartland employees out there?
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Some of the worst cut prices and keep offering less
There was one really disreputable school that constantly bragged about how much less they cost than everyone else and how everybody else was ripping you off because they made you study BOOKS! This school claimed it was different. They said the more expensive schools teach you more than you need to know. They didn't teach you like the other schools that teach you too much, because the owner of the school claimed you can't learn anything in school anyway. You have to learn it on the job. I couldn't believe my ears or eyes, since it was a message emailed to me.
It is one of the worst schools out there. If you haven't
paid your money don't. If you read through the archives you'll see many posts where their graduates were unable to pass tests and/or felt ill-prepared for the real MT world. They are cheaper than most, but you get what you pay for.
The worst schools would like you to think the approval process means nothing
but it's pretty obvious why they want you to think that. They can't pass it. They may not even be eligible to take it!
I will agree that the AAMT Approval Process does not mean that every school on there is good, but it does mean that they have been able to pass a fairly tough process and the others have not done it.
agree - nationals make worst employers and here's why
I've been with my current national for a year now, and I'm burnt out. I do acute care work, struggle with lots of ESLs, and work on several different accounts. For the past 6 months or so, work has been very low on my primary, and I bounce around from account to account, and I only work part-time. I hate that. I wish I had a primary that kept me busy and only in rare instances would I have to work on my secondary or tertiary and so on. Instead, I may work on 4 different accounts in one day just to get in 500 lines, and of course it takes me longer to do that on accounts other than my primary because those accounts have a lot more doctors. Getting the same ones isn't a daily occurrence, and if you do, they're the difficult dictators. Is this normal? It's hard for me to shop around and look for a better national to work for because I don't have high-speed internet access, and some not only want high-speed access, but they also are very specific about what type you need to work for them. I feel stuck, but I am grateful to have a job and that it's not flipping burgers or working in retail. Been there, done that....in my youth.
mentors
I found my 2 mentors on this board. Just wait and see, some kindhearted mentor will come along. In the meantime, keep on practicing and try testing/applying as you wait. Who knows you might not need one if you get a job.
If you think the mentors are bad
try the idiots they've got assigning the work to you once you've suffered through the "training" and have to meet that 1,000 line a day quota. Practically unbearable!
MENTORS?
What is a mentor and how do I find one? What exactly do they do and will they help me find a permanent position? I am struggling trying to find a job.
Finding mentors
Where can you find mentors? I would thinks that those people that have gone through this would understand and want to become mentors for the newbies.
Finding Mentors
Can't be reached at that e-mail.
Mentoring and mentors
Hi. In the past I mentored several new medical transcriptionsists. I loved it. They basically came off the street for the job, a couple had "technical college" training. They were poorly prepared for live dictation. One eventually went on to have her own business and I worked for her when she had overflow!
A mentor can do a lot to help someone along, but also the get-up-and-go must be present in the student.
Mentoring is awfully important. It is rare to work within a large facility and not have someone who can lend an ear from time to time.
Currently I have a friend who from time to time calls and asks me to listen to difficult dictations.
Points of a good mentor: Honestly encourages. Shares tools unselfishly. If I had extra references or older books that could be let go, well that was just another way of getting that person into the success bracket.
Honesty: If, over a period of time, a person is not cutting it as a Transcriptionist they most certainly need to know that. javascript:editor_insertHTML('text',' ');
Editing, Voice Recognition, Mentors
I need some information please. Can someone fill me in on Editing, Voice Recognition (I know what it is but don't know how about it in terms of a transcriptionist's duties), and also, can you find someone to mentor you to become a Transcriptionist and how would you find such a person?
Why are companies telling people they are hired but they need to wait in line for available mentors.
from their company. How long should someone wait? Is it even worth taking the test?
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