How 'bout unabashedly bawling your eyes out?
Posted By: WannabeMT on 2007-11-17
In Reply to: Finding work for newbie - Lisa in NC
Thanks, ladies, you've given me some good ideas. I will stop wiping away my tears and continue to push onward. It was getting to the point where I was looking at the 80+ emails in my "sent" box, all of them sent off to various transcription companies, and was getting EXTREMELY depressed. Thanks for a friendly boost!
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How 'bout unabashedly bawling your eyes out?
I just spent 19 months and more money than I care to admit taking an MT course, in which I held a 92 average. I have a diploma and am looking for a job, but I have now failed two tests with mentoring companies. I wish I had the money and time to take another course through a *better* school, but I can't afford another course, and my husband doesn't make enough $$ for me to take another year-long-or-more course. I don't know what to do with the "skills" I have, because apparently they're not enough. If anybody can give me any advice on what to do from here, I'd welcome it. No hating on me, OK? Let's pretend I already feel like *rap. Because I do. 
Bawling your eyes out
I have been testing and sending resumes out since I graduated October of this year with a certificate for Medical Transcription. I finally got a job this week. Even though it is only part-time it is a start and I can get experience. Keep trying and don't give up. There were days where I sent out 30 resumes and took 2 or 3 tests. Keep trying. 
How 'bout ... etc.
Oh, Deb, you're such a dear and always have the most tactful way of putting things! My school was Penn Foster. Stay FAR AWAY from their med trans program. Spend the extra $$ and go with a good quality program!
I think people with their eyes wide open are just trying to pass the news along...sm
to some unsuspected starry-eyed matchbook cover readers. A lot of MT's ARE going back to school and the ones that aren't are posting desparate posts saying "what else can I do?" I believe in being prepared...how are you going to go back to school if you don't have a job (or aren't saving some money now?) Believe me, I've been home with my kids too, and make a pretty penny doing this job. But I feel bad for all those people who A) sink thousands of dollars into getting their MT "certificate" from the schools, then B) come and post on this board with everybody else saying "how can we get experienc if no one will hire us, and C) knowing the MT rates are falling, not rising. Just want to give them a heads up on what the rest of us are seeing. Sure, there's a few folks that are still making good money BUT I've been in this field for 25 years now and there's a definite trend afoot here...
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