I am not giving up
Posted By: Rachel on 2006-02-02
In Reply to: doing same course - anon
I am a mother of 6 whose husband is losing his job this year. I need to do something. I do daycare now but with all the new laws and restrictions it is not worth the hassel any more.
I am at Quiz 17 in the course. Where are you at?
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Giving up
Well I have been searching for a job for over two months. I graduated from a local community college and hold a diploma in medical transcription. I have taken test upon test, and passed, but still no job offers. What a disappointment. I am throwing in the towel. Apparently there are very few places that will give somebody new a chance. How am I suppose to get experience if no one will give it to me. 
not giving up
Well, I guess I just continue to search. Due to finances, we had to sell one car and are really banking on something, ANYTHING from home.... :) Applying for jobs has become a full-time job. :) Too bad I can't get paid for it.
Some of them just want the $ without giving anything in return
Most of us know which ones of the schools just take money and don't give much in return for it. They are businesses, but the best businesses make sure that the customer or student gets value in return for tuition. Some of them don't care.
'tis the season for giving!
Congratulations! I have been looking for months, but am not giving up.
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What about giving professional MTs a break? (sm)
I'm simply trying to save her money and anxiety by suggesting that perhaps in her life situation, MT is not a career she should be pursuing. I'm not negative in the least, I just think that anyone who thinks this is a easy money-making career is deluding themselves.
This is not tupperware ... this is a professional, mentally challenging career with severe implications to both patients and health providers if the job is not done with the utmost accuracy and attention to detail.
This is not a career that someone should get into just because they want to stay home with their children. I've seen too many errors because of distracted transcriptionists who were ill equipped for their jobs and trust me, if you were given the wrong medication and/or wrong dosage because the Transcriptionist transcribed mg instead of mcg or couldn't distinguish between Seldane and Feldene due to distractions, you'd probably be screaming bloody murder.
When people stop thinking of MT as a "stay at home, play with my kids and do it on the side" kind of career, them maybe the rest of us professionals who dedicate our time becoming the best MTs we can in spite of lousy pay, foreign outsourcing and the rest of the world thinking we're a bunch of slackers who make easy money for nothing, can finally gain the respect we should have had all along.
Giving newbies a chance
Here's the problem--MTSOs want qualified MTs who can do any kind of hospital (acute care) dictation. They don't have time or the money to spend training newbies who signed up for programs that only teach entry-level, office dictation.
MTSOs know this already. They're not going to give you "a chance" because they don't believe you can do the work. They have experience with graduates from that school already.
Your school taught you that you need to put a marketing packet together to get a job. That's what you do if you want to get clients on your own. That's what your program prepared you to do-- entry-level office dictation.
Isn't that what you wanted? That's what you signed up for when you enrolled in that school.
Giving newbies a chance
With all due respect, those of us who are new to the industry and trying to learn can do without your condescending attitude. You do not know what my capabilities are. You are right about one thing, however. I would rather market myself and work on my own than suffer the apparent misery many of you "experienced" MTs are enduring working for the MTSOs. To those that have offered constructive advice- thank you, it is appreciated.
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