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I wouldn't work for a company that outsourcing offshore and then lies about it.

Posted By: The administrator has (sm) on 2005-11-20
In Reply to: OSI Mentoring Program - Vanessa

absolute definitive proof of this. Be wary.

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Didn't she sell it, or just your company to an offshore company. The woman

has a screw loose.

Big discussion on the Company Board. They outsource offshore

You should use them. You'd be using them in your work day, wouldn't ya? Good luck. nm
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Any company that charges anything to work is not a reputable company. However,
if a company offers a job and requires that you have a certain pedal and offers to provide it and then take it out of say your first paycheck or couple of paychecks, then that is acceptable.

My belief is that companies that charge you for software or anything else is trying to make money off of you.

While $11.95 isn't much, figure that amount times 10 or 20 or 100 and what do you come up with? Smells like a scam to me.

A lie is a lie, there is no difference berween lies...sm
what makes you so sure that you would get hired to work in a grocery store? Because you are an MT ?! Even sales people are asked for 'experience.'

Maybe they would hire you to sweep the floors.

A LIE is a LIE, there is NO difference berween LIES.

Work for Local Company
I work as an IC for a small local company at the moment.

May I ask Micgroovy, what company you work for?
Of course if you'd rather not give out that information I understand.

Thanks either way.

US Transcription, good or bad company to work for?

Anyone got any information about working for US Transcription? Good or bad information would be great.

Thanks.

Anywhere I've used this it's been set on the company end how the work is funneled to the MTs.
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I emailed you where I work...great company
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If a company wants you to work for them they should provide the software. sm
You will have to buy some hardware (foot pedal etc) but the either the software is free (express scribe) or they provide it. This is just my experience but I did see that company when I first started and I did almost take a job with them until I was told the same thing. Good luck!!

How about Medquist? is it a good company to work for?

I recently received a reply from an application I filled out for Medquist and was wondering exactly how they operated and what to expect if it turned out to be promising. Do any of the companies provide all of the equipment? My MT instructor said that there were companies that did provide everything from computers to software and the hardware, too. I'm keeping my fingers crossed...I'm willing to do just about anything to get my foot in the door somewhere.

I only wanted to work for a local company, not a large national. So... (sm)

I went to Google Local. Clicked on "find businesses". I then put in medical transcription in the "what" box and my City, State in the "where" box. I sent a resume and cover letter to every hit that looked good to me. I also went through the yellow pages and sent a resume and cover letter to every listing. I sent out more than 50 resumes.

I had about fifteen calls back. I had five offers. I accepted one. I have been getting calls ever since. In fact, I left my first position about three months after I got it in order to go to another company that was offering me more per line plus incentive. Yes, I accepted 7.5 cents from my first employer and she worked me to death and had some serious, shall we say, boundary issues. But I got my feet wet and in the door and was on to better things within months. I have been at my current position for about seven months, and it was a position I got based on yet another one of those resumes that had been received, kept on a desk somewhere, and acted upon months after I had sent them out.

One thing that no fewer than five of the fifteen callbacks said was that they were very impressed by my resume and my cover letter. One lady said that she was amazed by the number of people applying for jobs as medical language specialists who cannot even manage to put out a resume and cover letter that is free of spelling, grammar, and punctuation mistakes. So, do a professional resume and cover letter and make sure it's PERFECT.

I love my job and feel very blessed that I never experienced some of the awful newbie troubles I have read about here. If you have any questions or anything, feel free to contact me off the list or reply here and I will get back to you ASAP.

Elle

Proficient Transcription is supposedly a company but they charge you to work there (sm)
You should never have to pay to work.

worried about outsourcing?
I've been looking into taking the Andrews course, which seems like the best, but then started reading the main forum messages.

There seem to be a lot of dissatisfied MTs who aren't getting enough work and complain that many companies are outsourcing work to India.

Does this worry anyone?

Outsourcing Solutions, Inc
The above company hires new graduates. You can either apply at www.ositranscription.com or send an email to recruiting@ositranscription.com.

Anyone who is not happy with outsourcing...

...might want to consider Barack Obama for president: He says he will ensure that US companies that outsource work to other countries will LOSE the tax breaks.

Something to consider anyway.

This could really be an important issue to all medical transcriptionists.

Future of Medical Transcription due to outsourcing

I am seriously considering Medical Transcription and now wonder if this is the right path to take. I guess there is no way to have absolute certainty, but would like to feel secure about investing time and money in learning the field. I would like to hear from some MT's who are fresh in the field and hear their thoughts. Thanks

Is MT a decent job based on pay #s I see here? And how is outsourcing affecting pay?

I am brand new to the MT world. I'm considering taking training and an internship at a local company (my cost = $2,000) and then working as a contractor for them. From reading different questions and responses here, I'm concerned that the pay is pretty low and has not increased much in the past few years. My other concern is that more companies are outsourcing their work overseas because it's cheaper. How much of that is happening and how much is that hurting pay here?

I'd appreciate any information and opinions. I have to decide by Monday, January 8. Now I'm thinking that I should just find another career path and take classes at a community college. I worked in another career and made excellent money, but the stress and long hours were just too much. I was looking for something less stressful and the chance to work at home. THANKS!!!

I think it means medical transcription service outsourcing, or something like that. ; )
no message...

Offshore MTs
I have done editing for offshore MTs and they just don't understand some of our phrases. I can't give an exact example off of the top of my head, but typically they know their stuff it's just some English phrases that throw them off. I hope this helps!!

Offshore MT

Before I would worry about that, I would suggest you get some good solid MT training. I was a nurse too (still am actually) and I thought this would be almost second nature to easily slide into as a second career. But, I did not find it that way. The MT world has many similarities, but the differences and actual transcription requirments pretty much demand training. I would suggest you pick the very best school you can afford.

Good luck to you.

Supposedly they offshore, but they don't
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not new MTs but competition for the same jobs from offshore, EMR and VR
its called market supply and demand. There are only so many MT jobs, and they are getting replaced as it is by other people from other nations and computer technology. So as a new MT, you would be at a distinct disadvantage.

Coding is most certainly being outsourced offshore. Who
told you that coding isn't being sent out of the country?

offshore means another country
nm

A large part of MT work is research. Do some research on this company. Check Google, etc. nm
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Not supposedly, OSI DOES outsource offshore and they admitted it after lying to the Admin about it.
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Why wouldn't one
do anything they could to get the upper hand??? Everyone is complaining about finding jobs.

In this economy, with all the competition, it is necessary to set yourself apart from the others.

Nobody is saying that you need to take a test to prove anything to yourself.

"Most don't care as long as you do the job and do it well"....how will they know if they haven't hired you yet?

My point is that if you don't have a job at the moment, and you obtain the CMT, it may set you apart and get YOU the job before someone else.

I'm not saying that getting a CMT is necessary. Only that it can only be more beneficial, especially in this job market if you are looking for a job.

you wouldn't consider it an insult if...sm
you saw the number of resumes I get when I post a job. You are missing the point. If you are looking for work for 6 months and no job, then better some lines at 3 cents than no lines at 6 cents. You can be insulted if you like but you still have bills to pay.

I wouldn't panic (sm)
Especially since it's only been a few days. I was hired by a company as an IC, signed the contract, and didn't hear anything about work for 2 weeks, maybe more. This was a few years ago. Finally, I did hear back and I'm still with this company today. I know you're anxious to get started, and probably worried about whether they changed their mind or something, but I think it's pretty common for these delays in getting started. Don't let it discourage you. If it drags on for quite a few more days, you might try to find how to contact them by telephone, but at this point, I really wouldn't worry too much.

I had an interview where they wouldn't
tell me what they would pay me until they offered me the job. They did at least know the hours...........

I wouldn't say Spheris is better.

I wouldn't recommend going FT with MT currently.

If you can do both for a while do that and then it will give you a chance to see if you like MT without having to give up the other job. You can get an idea of what your income would be as an MT and see if you could leave on that income alone. By working the 2 jobs you could also save some money or pay off bills so that if you did go MT full-time you would be in better shape when the lean times came around.

They should supply something so specific to the VR job. I wouldn't buy it. 6 cpl is about the ex
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I'm thinking if I was selling something I wouldn't

point out the bad things about it.

I wouldn't let it rest til I got my money!
That is what the scammers want you to do, so they can get away with it and keep cheating other people. She is asking an honest question that pertains to her problem, while at the same time keeping it in people's minds to look out for people like this.

I wouldn't recommend MT for you based on your
situation, but if you have no previous MT experience/training you would need to take a course, either by correspondance or at a local community college. Training can take 9 to 18 months, or less depending on how much time you have to put into it, but if you are working FT you're probably looking at a year. Then you need to either get hired by a company that will hire newbies and pay them next to nothing, or do an internship, which you may or may not get paid for and may have to pay to do.

Everyone has their preference. I wouldn't spend
much for your first pair. USB earphones are better than the others usually.

No, dear. I wouldn't dream of commenting
on your "typo". It's more fun just to let it sit there and speak for itself.

Besides, you're just not worth the effort.

I wouldn't buy a laptop for ergonomic reasons...sm
the keyboard is very small and it's almost impossible to get it set up at the correct height. Note their keyboards seem to be set forward into the laptop also and there's no wrist rest. If you are going to be putting in 6 hours a day, you better make darn sure you have all the ergonomics in place, including a really good chair. Otherwise, your body will pay. Also don't forget, you will have to either a C-phone hooked up where-ever you are working or more likely you will be using a .wav player. So are you planning to have the footpedal and headset plugged into your laptop too along with every thing else? That ought to drain your battery in no time. If you have the picture of typing poolside on a sunny day, forget it.

Never heard of them, probably wouldn't hire a student from them.
Best advice I can give: Invest in an education that gives a recruiter warm fuzzies, and be on top/near the top of that class.

Would you want your surgeon to graduate from a cheap university on a remote island?

I make good money at it, wouldn't quit for anything.
This particular board has a lot of "the sky is falling" mentality but in reality, there are many, many MT jobs.

I make about $30.00 per hour, well worth my time.

Paying money to take the test wouldn't be bettering myself.
I am an excellent MT and everyone I've ever worked for knows that. I don't need to line someone else's pockets and take their test to prove I know my stuff, I prove it every day. It all depends on where you work, some places want a CMT, but most don't care as long as you do the job and do it well.

No, the woman who owns this company can't transcribe herself, much less run a company.
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company was sold so they have no company to hire you after graduation!
They are not a reputable school and I went there so I should know. Even when they did have Trans. Relief Services they never answered my email about employment upon graduation.

I absolutely agree. I have 4 years' experience, but wouldn't try to enter the field now. nm
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I've seen awful work from "experienced MTs and good work from new graduates
I've seen awful work from "experienced MTs and good work from new graduates.

Training and education really does make a difference. Some people just have 15 or 20 years of very bad experience. They may be fortunate that one employer was willing to hire and keep them, but if that one closed, they would be in trouble. It all depends on the person. some new graduates are a better bet then some experienced MTs. I would prefer to find an experienced MT with great skills and a teachable attitude, but many experienced MTs know everything and are only willing to do things the way they've always done them.

most psych work is included in multispecialty hospital work..sm
contracted to a medical transcription service that requires multispecialty experience because of the hospital work. Unfortunately, very rarely can a medical Transcriptionist these days be given only one specialty when working for a service or hospital. We have to be well versed in multi specialties. The Turn Around Time on demands have increased, and thus the service or hospital gives the MT many different types of work. Learn as many specialties and gain as much experience in different specialties, which in turn will make you a more valuable MT and more apt to gain employment.

Just be sure not to pay for work. There is an MTSO below who apparently charges to work for them (sm
It might be tempting when you're getting desperate for work to pay someone so you can work for them, but don't do it. You can buy software and a foot pedal on your own, so don't let them fool you. If you are approached via e-mail from this site by an MTSO saying they have work for you, please read the posts below before making any decisions.