Honey, I hate to burst your bubble, but
Posted By: OMG on 2009-06-25
In Reply to: excuse me, but what you say is crap., crap..sm - ()
poor sound quality and bad dictators are reality in the real world of transcription, always has been and always will be. If you cannot do these dictations, you will not be able to pass hiriing tests, much less be able to keep a job. If the schools give out diplomas without assuring these people are ready for this type of work, then I feel very sorry for these students who spend a lot of money to take their course.
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I hate to burst your bubble, but some people can do it.
Maybe you can't, but I did. I took my knowledge of medical terminology that I learned as a nurse, combined that with good typing skills, was tutored by some exceptional seasoned transcriptionists, and became a quality MT myself.
well sorry to burst your bubble...sm
but it's true. I'm not making it up. I was just sharing some information for a newbie. You can work for whatever line rate you want. I'm just telling you I get experienced MT's all the time who are willing to work for 6-7 cpl. You get a much bigger view of the MT world when you are running the service. Line rates took a big hit when India came on the scene. What you don't know, as you're busy happily typing away at home, is that the service owners are out there trying to bid on jobs to get you the work and coming up on some remarkable price resistance. I was astonished to find us outbid at 11 cents per line. There are other people underbidding us and offering 24 hour TAT to boot. Hey, I don't like it myself. I'm just telling you like it is.
so sorry to pop your little self-righteous bubble honey
but I'll bet $100 and my 1099 I made WAY more than you did last year. If you want to play smug, I'll play smug too.
Sorry to pop a bubble, but
My job is head of Human Resources. I'm very interested in this whole subject.
Our Transcription Company doesn't hire M-Tec or Career Step graduates right out of school without going through an internship on our software. This may become more and more prevalent.
I never see Andrews graduates so I can't say about them. Don't Andrews and M-Tec own MT Chat? I think so. You can go to that site and speak to them directly.
We hire most of our new MTs directly from an educational staffing school that we contract with. We have used a couple of schools recently. We like being able to train our MTs from scratch.
At times, we do have a relationship with Career Step. Recently we stopped hiring them. The decision came from above me. I only heard that their typing segment was weak.
I think the education of MTs will move to staffing schools due to software issues. Software will become more and more of an issue, IMO, and from what I hear from others. Also, a staffing school doesn't have to advertise and the employer often helps with the tuition. Therefore, the cost of tuition falls while the guarantee of a job increases.
Just my observation.
Honey, honey, honey.....?
Honey, that was not a job interview
can figure out how to achieve their goals. You should send them a bill for the advice you gave.
wow. The nerve of them!
Honey, if you expect to be PAID to do this job, you still
There is no way to confuse H&P with HNP.
Wait until the older ones retire? What an illogical concept, honey.
Why not doing something proactive to remedy your situation NOW...such as go inhouse and work for your experience! lol
THEN, you will truly have the experience you need to be hired to work from home.
I don't blame companies for not hiring newbies. You really do not have an insight yet as to what all this job will entail. Believe me, you NEED the inhouse one-on-one experience for 2-3 years FIRST before you try working from home.
I hate to tell you this....
But most people call them "Trans Scam." They'll scam you out of money, and you never seem to get "good enough" to make money from them. Get out of there now!!!!!!! Do a search here and on other chat boards to see what people have said about them.
You best bet is to just keep applying and testing with other companies. Eventually you'll find something. Good luck!
hate to tell you but yes I most certainly am an MTSO
as attested to by my corporate annual report to the Secretary of State, my notice of acceptance of an S-corporation by the Internal Revenue Service, my certificates of shares of the corporation, my quarterly payments to the Department of Employment Security for my employees and my portofolio in a corporate 401K. The OP said "sensitive information" which would hardly constitute your name and address which people even write down on blank pieces of paper at the supermarket to try to win a Caribbean cruise at the supermarket. And if I were you, little Miss Cop of the Internet, I would keep my fancy little fingers off this board. According to your own logic, how easy would it be for a hacker to get ahold of YOUR IP address and start stalking YOU down? The OP probably even has a site on MySpace for cryin' out loud. So go ahead and dispense your advice, i.e. panic, via the MTSTARS board. I'm sure that since you found this site it makes you an expert in all matters. LOL.
I hate to admit it, but ...
I figure if he forgot that he dictated it, he won't notice if I don't type it! So I start right where he starts over again.
Hate to be a downer, but ...
you're only going to learn what is taught in that course, and you have no idea of the things you're NOT going to learn. Sure it seems like you are learning a lot since you are starting at the beginning.
You will need to spend all the time you can on the internet, reading and learning more about everything that you learn in the course. There is a very good reason that the AHP course does not get good reviews here - or anywhere.
I realize you have spent money and have to do the best you can with what you've got, but hopefully someone who is still trying to decide upon a school will take note and make things easier for themselves.
hate-schmate - I think you exaggerate.
nobody "hates" the big three. What we do hate is the ridiculous constant sales pitch going on here, on a board that is supposed to help new MT's but obviously has turned into a place to grab one more potential client. All that gets posted here is "go to the Big Three and you will get a job without even testing"-- then when someone else posts to the contrare, that poster is attacked, ridiculed and dismissed as having unverifiable information. Nobody hates.
We don't hate our jobs. There's no money in it
anymore now that the corporations have taken us over & are offshoring our jobs. This field used to pay really well, but those days are over & it can be difficult to make minimum wage, especially on VR. Many MTs are trying to re-train to find other careers so they can actually make a living.
Sorry for mistakes...I HATE no preview option here. :( nm
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I hate it when husbands INSIST on things ...
when they don't know what they're talking about!
Way too many people drop out of MT courses, the schools are smart enough to get all the money up front.
why take all your advice from people who hate their career
It is true that there are a lot of people on this website that have had enough of their career and want to discourage everyone from being an MT. You have to remember that all the negative stuff people say about being an MT come from people who have been doing it for so long they are burned out. You also should consider the opinions of people who still love their job.
While it is true that it isn't easy to get started as an MT, it can be a worthwhile career. These experienced people just want to make sure you understand it isn't easy but it also isn't impossible. Check it out for yourself, research the schools, and make your own decision. Now that you know what you have ahead, you can make a more educated choice. Good luck.
umm...I hate to tell you this...but further Labor Board stats show wages in 2004
at $29,530. They were $23,500 in 1997. So we've gained $6000/yr in 10 years? Woohoo- you're right-- Medical Transcription must not be in trouble.
"Compensation varies not only among regions of the country, but among types of employers as well. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, medical transcriptionists earned an average salary of $29,530 in 2004. The average hourly wage was $14.20."
"Medical transcriptionists averaged about $ 23,500 in 1997 woking in hospitals, and about $ 22,600 working in offices and clinics of medical doctors."
grammar, honey, grammar...
Not at all intending to say I was better than you. Merely pointed out that grammar is an integral part of MT and one area in which you are handicapped. I felt my post was respectful, informative and fair. However, feel free to sink your two grand into MT schooling and then try to find a job. I've been at this for over twenty years and I'm telling you right now-- you won't find one...
Who said I HATE this field? I LOVE this field but
also see the changes coming down the pike. Also feel it is not fair to withhold or misrepresent that part of the equation to someone who is considering entering MT or just starting out. Knowledge is power. It would take years for a new MT to have the kind of insight into this field that a 20+ year experience lends. Believe me, I would be only too happy to keep running my MTSO, making $75,000+ year while working 20 hours a week, paying my MT's well, but it's not going to happen. Try reading "The World is Flat" by Thomas Friedman if you want a perspective of what's going to happen to not only MT work but a lot of great white collar jobs. India and the rest of the world are breathing down our necks and in the next decade will be serious competitors for American jobs. There will be no "american" jobs - we will be competing against the rest of the world for jobs.
Friedman states: "The convergence of 'flatteners' has created a whole new platform. It is a global, Web-enabled platform for multiple forms of collaboration. This platform enables individuals, groups, companies and universities anywhere in the world to collaborate...this platform operates without regard to geography, distance, time, and, in the near future, even language. Going forward, this platform is going to be at the center of everything...wealth and power will flow to those who get these basic things right...the infrastructure to connect with the platform and the education to get more of their people working on the platform.
Please wake up and look beyond our box.
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