Reason you can't get hired...
Posted By: DEE on 2006-02-21
In Reply to: experience - newbie
"... six were willing to test me. Four of them I failed and the other two I quit in the middle of the test because they had ESLs in there and we weren't even trained on ESL dictations."
This is what happens when you don't go to Andrews or M-TEC. You choose a "cheaper" school, and you get a poor education. Companies who "require" 2 years' experience WILL TEST AND HIRED brand-new grads from Andrews and M-Tec because they know they have a full, complete, and excellent education. They will not even allow people from schools advertised on the back of matchbooks and in TV Guide to take their employment test, because they KNOW they do not have the proper education and training!
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Get Another Reason to be an MT
After that, go to M-Tec or Andrews and then you'll be set.
I didn't see it but for some reason
most of my posts and responses don't get deleted even when things get thick! I don't take it personally or think much about it when it does happen. I've seen things that seemed very benign get deleted, not just here but other places. Seems like it is just the way things work.
There is no reason to be unhappy
Chloe,
I wish you luck... I stayed with a national co. for 18 months before moving on. I was not miserable, but I did not feel completely happy with my position. Needless to say, I have heard/seen newbies that quit after 2 weeks to move on to find a better fit. I am not saying that is what I recommend, only you can decide for yourself. Just know that if you are unhappy, you should not have to stay unhappy. Sometimes the grass is greener on the other side of the road.
I wish you luck in your decision. It sounds like you are working awfully hard and not getting a lot to show for it. Hang in there!!!!!
There's a reason it's cheaper (sm)
"Bright Start and Mentored Internship will prepare you to work at the ENTRY LEVEL of medical transcription. This is what is required for a "newbie" position in a CLINICAL setting. However, THEY CONTAIN NO ADVANCED DICTATIONS, SO IT DOES NOT PREPARE YOU TO TRANSCRIBE WORK OF GREATER COMPLEXITY."
This means that you will only be qualified to obtain the easiest, lowest-paying jobs, not acute care, hospital work, operative notes, etc.
BIG reason it's cheaper
Read the WHOLE Bright Starts page, allie. You're thinking the basic program is the same you'll get at any school. Wrong!
Everything listed on that BS cost page is what you'll get at either M-Tec or Andrews. Only Andrews and M-TEC are $3800 or less FOR THE WHOLE PACKAGE. Their grads can get any job after either program.
BS will run you $4600 minimum for same with no evidence of getting a job with anybody but themselves.
No duh. For the same reason they don't teach machining any more.
www.china.com.
I did an intern program for same reason
You are certainly correct in what you say, we all have to start somewhere. The MT world today isn't what it used to be and it seems to be getting more challenging by the day. After my training program, I took Meditec's Jumpstart intern program. It helped me. It did not pay anything while in it, but I did get a job offer immediately afterwards working for them. Just an idea.
There is a reason employers are scrambling to get these grads!
Unlike people who have years of experience typing for a few docs and little medical knowledge, these grads have the equivalent of 2 years of experience AND understand what they are typing. You go right on hiring those not associated with the Top 3 - just leaves better pickings for the rest of us!
There's a reason these "matchbook schools" keep changing their name.
Word gets out that they are crappy schools that do not teach you what you need to know, and more and more people complain that they can't find a job after completing courses from these so-called schools. It's an online "correspondence course" not a "University" no matter what they choose to call themselves.
Only reason they have openings is because everyone is jumping off that sinking ship. NM
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Newbies are getting hired.
I didn't have to pay big bucks for my education and did just fine. I also got hired with a national right out of school and have never had trouble getting offers and the best pay.
If you haven't been to one of the other schools, you should keep your opinions to yourself! What's right for you may not be for someone else and vice versa. I get so tired of hearing crap like yours.
I could create what you call a top-notch school in no time. It wouldn't take a rocket scientist to do it either.
They test them and if they do well, they get hired like anyone else.
nm
No. I wait until I'm actually hired. No need for it beforehand. nm
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if you are hired by co, usually employee...sm
If you are *hired by a company* then usually you are an employee...it is when you score your own accounts that you can become an IC....but I'd brush up on typing skills, no offense.....it's truly detail- oriented work and you misspelled pursue and independent...and again, no offense....
if she has no training, she will not be hired
nm
Yes they do, but then they are hired by the company. If you can't
get hired it isn't going to be helpful.
HELP! Where can new grad get hired?
I am a new graduate ... where can i get a job? All the posts want yrs experience! how do i get any ... if no one will hire me?
Thanks for any help
I went to a community college and was hired
by a national one month before I graduated. You do not have to go to one of the "Big 3" to find a job in this business. You have to keep applying, keep sending in resumes, and TEST, TEST, TEST. That's what I did. It's not easy, but it can be done if you stick with it.
IThey might have hired you for a new account. Call! sm
You didn't mention the name of the company. It could be they have a new account and it's not off the ground yet. It was a month after I was hired before I actually started working. That was two years ago and I'm seldom out of work. I'm still on that same account.
If you are hired as an IC, is it harder to stay with that company?
Do you have to worry about renewing your contract every so often?
LOL, Thanks! ..... when I'm ready to be hired, wouldja pass the word around?? LOL ... nm
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I've hired from that school before and have found CAIs SM
graduates to be severely undertrained with lack of basic skills. I've hired several of their graduates and none of them worked out. That's how I know it's not a quality school.
M-TEC or Andrews have track records of their grads being hired.
If you want to learn about the industry, get a solid education, and see employers knocking themselves out to hire you, go with one of them. I attended M-Tec and literally had dozens of offers to test and several job offers before I even graduated. Some people get tired of hearing those names coming up time and time again, but the facts speak for themselves! Check out their web sites. Good luck! :-)
You have to PAY EXTRA for the internship and they don't teach you enough to get hired. (see messa
Much better to go to Andrews School or M-TEC, the top two schools in the country. Almost guaranteed to be able to get a job afterwards, and most companies will waive the 2-years' experience requirement if you are an Andrews or M-Tec grad.
If you don't know the difference between loosing and losing, you're not going to get hired any
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MT is not worth it anymore. Would not worry about past. Did need to give ID to be hired though.
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Andrews, MTEC, and CareerStep produce graduates that are regularly hired. NM
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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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