Send in resumes and test everywhere that will allow it.
Posted By: opgal on 2006-08-26
In Reply to: Brand New. Just finished school. - Lisa
I applied to several places while I was a student, and some places will allow you to test even though they say they require 2 years experience. Some will waive the 2 year experience requirement if you have graduated from a medical transcription training program. I found a job at home while in school, so it's not impossible but it does take some time. Good luck!
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Post your resume on all the various job boards, send resumes to
local clinics/doctor's offices, apply to local hospitals. As a newbie getting a job is hard, but some companies will hire you based on the school you got your certificate from. Some schools are better than others and if you didn't get your certificate from one of the better ones changes are harder of getting a job. Most likely you'll need to work in-house for a while. There are some companies that will offer you a job, many at low to no pay, and there are a few companies that are not legit, so be sure you investigate before accepting. If you have to fork out any money for equipment or software in order to get the job be cautious, especially if they require you to purchase it from them.
Search the boards and send out resumes, and review your grammar and punctuation
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Sent out 10 resumes
I started in the file room of a 6 doctor urology office 16 years ago and went from there. The only formal training I received was 2 semesters of medical terminology. The rest was learned on the job. The best thing, in my opinion, is to get into a doctor's office and get some experience that way. If nothing else, it will give you experience, which is what all the nationals require. Good luck to you.
Just keep sending in resumes.
I am still a student and was able to get a job. I do acute care, mainly OP notes. I applied everywhere. I was finally hired at a very low rate and I worked for a few months for the experience, then I quit because of nonpayment... Grrrr.  . So I started sending out resumes again. This time, I had added acute care (OP notes) to my resume and got several calls. I found a good job as a part-time IC. It worked out in the end. Just keep sending in your resume. I also send a cover letter with mine.
Good luck!! 
I just kept sending in resumes
I am still a student but I was offered a job working from home doing OP notes. I sent in my resume to several companies posted on the jobs board, along with a cover letter. I tested with a few places, passed, and found a good fit for me. I even turned down a few. So, jobs are out there. Keep sending in your resume with a cover letter and keep on trying.  Good luck!!
I looked at about 500 resumes
I looked at about 500 resumes from MTs we've employed lately. Just a small number come from M-Tec, Andrews or Career Step- about a half dozen. I didn't do anything scientific. I was just curious.
There seems to be an impression that these 3 schools are the only way to get educated in this field and get a job.
Our records don't bear this out. Most of our MTs come from Community Colleges (I call them Junior Colleges) and have a 2 yr degree. Our MTs come from all over the country too. From what I've seen, their curriculum is heavily slanted toward HPI which is an old stand by.
So that info is for all the graduates from other schools who may be fearful because of what is written here. AND again, I'll say that we don't hire any newbies without a short internship, but we pay well so we can be picky.
For what it is worth.........
Ok..I sen tout 10 resumes Saturday
I sent out 10 resumes on Saturday to local specialty Doctors as well as several Chiropractors. I was wondering if any of you work from home or are based at the office of a Chiropractor? I love this type of dictation as well as the idea of being in a smaller practice. I know I can't be picky, but where did you all start out as being a new graduate and did any of you graduate from a Technical College? I received my certificate from our local tech school and am working on my Associate Degree as I stated in my last post. Also, what is considered "experience" in this line of work? How can I get experience if noone will hire me? SOrry for all of the questions. Thanks for helping!!
There are companies that will hire from the resumes and do
not post ads, so posting resume if your best bet for an at-home position. You have to be careful though as there are some companies who are not honest companies so come here and ask or research the company board. It should be much easier for you having graduated from M-Tec.
I heard that were going review resumes after the New year.
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Keep sending out resumes via internet and locally -
There is nothing that can make up for your lack of experience. You can just hope someone decides to give you a chance. However, where I work we would rather hire someone right out of school who has gone to one of the Big Three than someone from another school with years of transcribing under their belt. Good luck to you.
Wow! Now I know where to send the
saved web pages of the reports you posted yesterday! You still haven't learned anything! LOL!
send it to me then but
you better take off "sensitive information" or everyone else on this board will scream at you that I could be a stalker.
send me an email - nm
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pls send details
pls send me ur MT classifieds details though my email address.i am waiting for ur kind reply
is it ok to send out resume or best to drop off one?nm
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Call them or send them your resume
sounds like you don't have much of a choice - or if you are employee - take your unemployment and start your own job search
Did you send followup emails? sm
I have heard that sometimes it helps. I am on my third job since I graduated this summer. The first company I left because it was VR, and I just couldn't work fast enough to make any money at 4 cpl. The second job I had lost the account I worked on and had to let me go. I have been with my third company for a month now, and they have had so many issues with their software that I didn't work all last week. I haven't worked for more than 2 days in a row without any problems. I am now on the job search again because I can't rely on these people and they will just not return my emails for days on end.
I probably sent out 10-15 resumes and applications before anyone responded back. All of the jobs offers I received had required 3 to 5 years of experience, so don't be afraid to apply to those.
Good luck! I know how disappointing it is to spend hours taking a test and not even get a reply.
I send my wav. files back and Encrypt them
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KathyZ please send me email address! nm
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But don't send your resume. It has personal information on it. Right Misha?
LOL, gotcha!
Thanks! Turns out they forgot to send me the info containing the phone number to call!! Got it now.
Thanks again.
Just test, test, test anywhere you can...
Trust me, I know it's discouraging. Don't give up though. I am still going to school but I got lucky enough to find some MTSOs to do overflow work for. Granted I am lucky if I get to work three days a week but it is giving me a little experience and keeping my skills fresh. I am now working for a national that ran an ad wanting 3 yrs experience. I took a chance and now I am working with only a couple of months under my belt.
Good luck.
Test everywhere!
If you look at the posts here, everyone says to test everywhere, and it's true! Anyplace that will let you test, test! Some are harder than others, but don't give up. I graduated from my school last November and didn't find a job until March of this year, and I actually found it through a friend of a friend and I consider myself lucky. The important thing is to NOT GIVE UP. I know you studied hard so now work at your job search just as diligently. It is frustrating, but it can be done. Do a search on the internet for medical transcription agencies and test with each one that lets you. Try Spheris, Medivoxx, and Cobb Medical Transcription for starters. Good luck!
Sure you can test 100's.
you set up a worklist off of email responses, send out the grammar screening, when it comes back, run it through a macro to cross check and give scores, then you have an objective measurement of who has potential. Found it weeds out much more successfully than "I completed a medical transcription course and scored a 94%" drivel.
Test everywhere....
By testing with different companies you will soon learn where your strength and weakness are. Regardless if they require experience, if allowed, take the test. It will not hurt and it will help to build your confidence. Most of all, keep trying. Good luck!
Test, Test, Test
Test with absolutely every company you can. I tested with at least 50 companies before I found a good company. Did you get feedback regarding why you failed from these mentoring companies?
Something will happen, you can't give up. I wanted to give up several times, and I am so glad I didn't! Just keep trying - test with every company that allows you. You'll gain that experience while you're trying to find someone who will give you a shot. Good luck to you.
Test
Can anyone tell me how many test they took to get a job because i have taken like 5 so far and be very confident researched everything and they still turn me down. I am getting very depressed because in school I did excellent on all of my reports and they graded hard. I am starting to think that I will never get a job. What is it? Please can any one explain and help me. I am very sad
test
I took a test for MQ last week. When do you think they will get back to me?
98 on Test
Hi,
Is that true you have to make 98 on test to get a job?
Thanks for your imput.
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written test help
I am testing for a new job. Anyone have any info on where to find practice quizes or something. Any help would be great!
They test them and if they do well, they get hired like anyone else.
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It's likely that most companies won't test you without
I'm a small MTSO and won't even consider testing someone if they haven't been trained, preferably at one of the better schools (M-TEC, Andrews, etc.)
Help with taking test
Hi there....I'm hoping somebody can help me. I have to take a test using Windows Media Player (no foot pedal yet), and I can't figure out how to type in Word and still be able to use the keyboard keys. Any tips would be much appreciated.
Some companies won't even let you test unless
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You'd have to test for companies. How would you do?
What would happen when the truth came out? There is no faking it when it comes to doing hospital work. Did you see the ads for general/religious transcription? If your English skills are top-notch, jump on those. One of the companies says they also have or will be getting some MT work, I believe.
Good luck.
so are you saying your test scores are too low?
you may want to consider buying a book and brushing up on grammar, etc. With all due respect, I noticed you misspelled "receive" in your post (it's I before E except after C or when sounded as A as in Neighbor and Weigh). Now that may just be a typo posting, which is fine, but if you actually don't know grammar and phonics rules, it's the kiss of death in this field.
Test scores
No I am not saying my test scores are too low. I usually denied because of lack of experience. As for misspelling receive that was a typo in my post. I asked for suggestions on how for find a job. I thank you for the tip about the grammar brush up but that isn't the problem. I have never worked for a hospital and I think that the school I went to is holding me back. Unfortunately I had no idea that At-home professions or Us career institute as they call themselves now was considered such a bad school. Again thanks for the tip but I believe that my problem is more a lack of experience problem than a grammar problem. When I did this about 10 years ago the field was so much easier to get into. Any other tips would be appreciated.
Test everywhere you can, you learn a lot that way - sm
also make cold calls. This is how I landed my first job. I had tested with a company and passed and was hired, but was waiting to actually start (took 2 months for that to actually happen). In the meantime I started calling local companies, I got hired over the phone by one willing to take a chance on me. I was on probation for 3 months, doing about $200 a month (she only had little bit of extra work), after I a month or so I knew I was "hired" for good and eventually got a little more work as the MTSO wanted to do less herself. I applied at another place (while working the 2 jobs) and picked up a 3rd. All were PT but different types of work, etc. so I packed in a lot of experience that way. Just keep plugging away, took me 2 months to land the 1st then 2 weeks later got #2, and 3 months later got #3. Just takes a little time, patience, and lots of persistence.
I took their online test on 8/21 and just
heard back from them yesterday. The lady I talked to there told me that she is really behind on contacting people. When did you apply with them?
typing test?
I am testing for jobs, and they want a typing test sent to them. My comment... why? I type what I hear not what I read. The brain is trained in a different way. I can only type 60 wpm without my shortcuts and stedmans smart type. They want 80 wpm. I dont know if I should test or not?
No companies have let me test yet
I haven't received any replies yet from companies to let me test. Is there any way to test other than sending out resumes?
Test answers
I wondered that myself! But then again I am a pretty naive critter
MEDQUIST MT test
I replied to your message once, but never saw the reply here...so if this shows up twice, please forgive me! I took the Medquist test a few days ago, also, and today I got the same letter...FAILED...with no explanation. Like you, I thought I had done pretty well as a newbie. Now I am trying to take the Focus Informatics test. However, the very first test...I cannot understand her at all, and it is supposed to be a test for newbies. Is there someone who can give me some insight into Focus Informatics and their MT tests for newbies? I really want to get started working and thought I had a chance with Focus, but if I can't even transcribe the first couple of lines of the first report, I'm doomed. HELP, PLEASE!
Is this a test question?
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First Test Experience
Newbie took test at local hospital last night. I had to just post my experience. I was in a small, messy room with no windows. The MT who gave me the test sat me a a workstation, brought up dictation file and said 'now you just type'. The head phones they gave me didn't work. They gave me another set and that set kept cutting out on one side. I wasn't at all nervous, but my experience was less than enjoyable. I was given 11 dicationas to complete that were actual doctors at that hospital. I would say half were ESL. I had to chuckle or I would have cried. There was no terminology test or anything - just dictation. I didn't do very well. Even the English speaking doctors were mostly just mubbles. Had I been able to even understand a little of the terminology they were speaking I could have done better; however, they were horrible. Slowing down the dictation didn't help - in fact - I don't think that was even working. I spoke a little with the MT and she said the courses don't prepare you for what you will really experience. Is this really what I'm in for? I've never run across any dictations, even the ESL, in me courses that were this bad. Although the MT told me it's better to work at a hospital as a newbie, I think I disagree. I think I would feel more comfortable working from home. I guess you get used to the doctors eventually. On the lighter side, I did watch the MT doing dictation and noted her Expander usage and ya know what --- I think I can do this and will not give up!
Medquist Test
I recently took the Medquist test and failed for a second time. I looked everything up before submitting it, and still failed. I have been in the medical field for for almost 20 years, and this really surprised me. Does anyone know how many questions you are allowed to miss?
Medquist test
I don't know how many Qs you can miss. I have taken that test, passed the objective part, then flunked the actual transcription test. Maybe they would go over your test results with you a bit if you called them? In my case, I know I need more transcription practice. You might just be missing something easy to correct like one of their punctuation questions or something. I would ask them.
Passed Test!!!
I frequent this forum alot and see lots of helpful information that is being shared among MTs. It is great!!! I spent the later part of last night trying to finish one transcription test for a company and finally finished this afternoon. About 30 to 45 minutes later the company calls and says I did a great job!!! I am quite nervous because there are alot of companies who sucker you around and I am a newbie so I consider that a double wammy for me!! It also made me nervous that they called me back so quickly!! I am having butterflies now. I have not even returned there call yet. Well wish me luck. This company has been mentioned alot on this forum but I am going to give them a try anyway. After all I am a newbie!! Thanks to everyone for the advice and guidence on the forum.
online test
Don't feel bad - I've done transcription for over 25 years, had a CMT for 15 of those years... took an online test with MRC (Medical Records Corporation). I did the test, waited for two whole weeks... they never got back to me until I asked them what the hel_ was going on and they told me I failed the test - would someone explain that to me? My audit score for the company that I am currently working for, is 97-98........
FocusInfomatics test...
I, too, just took the FocusInfomatics test for QA/Editor position and I was told I "failed". I think I did well on the first half, just the transcription part I had difficulty with. I just could not understand one of the docs. I have QA'ed for Medquist before and passed their test. Very discouraging.
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