Sorry for all the typos! Just wanted to vent and got carried away nm
Posted By: trose on 2008-02-09
In Reply to: I used to work for 5.15 - trose
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Ok, I am needing to vent...
I am in the middle of testing for Princeton Transcription and all was well until I actually went to the 2nd dictation. This guy is soooooo bad that I still can't figure out what he is saying at any speed and with all volumes turned all the way up. I understand that they are using the MTTest site to screen people, but they have a pretty lengthy section for the objective and pretty darn hard. Several tricky questions. The only reason I was even trying this company is because someone had said that they hire newbies. If they hire newbies this test is totally set up for none of us to ever pass it.
Wondering if I should just type a note saying the dictation was not audible for transcription or just leave lots of blanks. I know the more blanks I leave the less of a chance I have of finding out how I have truly done on these things.
I do know that in the real world of dictation this happens ALL THE TIME, but seriously to have him slurred to crap and so soft I can hear the background noise louder than him is ridiculous. Maybe the MTSOs/National Companies need to start training some of these docs just a little. I believe it could be done if they are truly this bad.
Ok. Thanks for letting me vent. Princeton Transcription- if you read this, shame on you!!!!
Jenn
New Grad Needing to Vent
Shame on ALL of the MT schools. They tell us that we can study at home to work from home. HA!! Like most of you on here, I worked my buns off trying to complete my schooling. I sacrificed so much. It was hard on my kids not having mom around as much. It was financially draining, as my husband was laid off from his electrician job. That was the whole reason we decided to take this risk in the first place. I thought I had done my research on medical transcription before I signed up for the program, but unfortunately, I didn't find mtstars until I was up to my elbows in school. Since I was an unavailable wife and mother, this became difficult on the marriage too. We just kept trying to look ahead knowing that when I had a job to help pay the bills it would all be worth it. I graduated from At-Home Professions in April with a 95% and I still do not have a job. I also now know that getting a job as a new grad is almost impossible.
I had to face my disappointed husband last night when I told him that it's not going to happen, and if I am going to be happy again, I have to let it go. I have done all I know how to do. I have had professionals look at my resume and cover letter and they tell me it's awesome. I have spent countless hours and days applying for job after job. I have even tried to find local jobs to work on-site (which was never ever part of the plan), but Michigan is not the place to look for jobs right now. I have only found one local on-site job but they were looking for more experience than most at-home jobs I have seen. I didn't even bother to apply.
Today, I found a posting on here from a new grad who said she is a new grad and got a job after only 4 applications and 18 days of looking. My husband happened to walk in at about the time I saw the posting. I had to try not to cry. I'm happy for that new grad on one hand, but on the other hand, I can't believe that after only 4 applications in 18 days (in 18 days I had sent out WAY more than 4 applications), she got a job. My husband read it and didn't say a word.
I am feeling like I let my family down. Even worse, I feel like my bummer of an attitude is letting down God.
I just needed to vent. Thanks for listening.
work wanted
Does anyone out there know of any at home entry level MT jobs. I just graduated and I have had 2 people call me to set up testing for a job. When I let them know I just graduated this month, they sound a little worried. Any tips or advice. Much appreciated!
Tiffiny
Work wanted
Is there anyone out there who will give this newbie a chance? JUST GRADUATED AND LOOKING FOR WORK!!!!!
Thank You
Tiffiny
work Wanted
Washington State!
Opinions wanted...
I am an IC working for an MTSO. I have a few accounts. All of my accounts have always worked to where whatever is dictated up to 7:00 PM has to be done and back by 8:00 AM. Well, there is a new account that I work on. Apparently, it's pretty important to my MTSO. They have been very unhappy with other transcribers in the past and very tough to please, but they are loving me. One problem...
They keep dictating later and later, and my employer keeps asking me to have it back at the same time. I don't work at 10:00 at night, and I don't feel that I should be asked to get up at the crack of dawn in the morning. If they are dictating at 8:00 and 9:00 and later at night, why should I be expected to do a less than 12 hour turnaround for the same 8 cents a line?
If they dictate at 9:00, I would be happy to have it back by 9:00 the next morning, but the MTSO is still expecting that I will have it all back by 8:00. I feel this is unreasonable. I am doing it right now, but I feel like it is really cutting into my life-work balance a lot.
What say you?
Typos
Typos are one thing. Not being a good speller and not being proficient in grammar are another. Everyone makes mistakes, but when an e-mail comes through littered with spelling and grammatical errors, those are not mistakes that an MT should be making. That's part of the reason there is so little respect for people in this field. If you don't bring good grammar and spelling skills to the table at the start of your career, you're fighting an uphill battle. Not everyone is cut out for this type of work.
And I don't think I said I was perfect, I'm not. But I do know how to spell and use grammar correctly.
Typos.....
Yes, I do.
But this has nothing to do with 'typos'. This is wrong grammar.
That person just wanted the price!
Why are you so negative? All that person was asking for was the price of the course. M-Tec will not say that this is a job in which you can get rich fast. Everybody has their own story, and this goes for every type of job. M-TEC does offer top notch training. They also have a great reputation which will open the doors to a job as a "newbie." The rest is up to you. It is up to you how hard you study and how high your GPA is. Like in other jobs, the higher the GPA, the more opportunities you will receive. Of course you will have the learning curve in the beginning and might not make much money. You might only make 6 cents per line in the beginning. Anybody who is informed knows that anything is possible because so many factors play a role. There are great companies to work for, and there are companines that take advantage of their employees. You will find the same problems in the MT world as you will in other jobs. What is different is that you can work from home which save you time, money, aggravation. If you live in a rural area where there aren't many jobs, then being an MT, working from home, offers you opportunities you otherwise would not have had. If you do not like what you are doing, then maybe you need to get a different job. Why waste your time on a job you obviously do not like? For sure, you should not respond like you did to a simple question about the price of a course.
You are still making typos
I hate to burst your bubble, but this is a tough field. Any smart client is going to ask you how much experience you have. In fact, they may not have to ask, they will know by talking to you or by your email or correspondence to them that is filled with typos. You need to get a job first and get some experience behind you first.
I see typos.... see inside
You need to check for spelling errors yourself. See below.
Before you hit the send button, Char, you might want to stop and give some consideration to your audience. Many of the people who read this board are people who hire MTs. If your post is sloppy and full of ignorance, you will be dismissed as a sloppy, ignorant MT, and any potential employer will not give you another thought. If your post is intelligent, well written, and error-free, you just might be contacted by someone willing to give you a chance. I have contacted three newbies who posted intelligent comments in complete, accureately-spelled (accurately)sentences on this board. I hired one of them. I would have been happy to hire the other two, but two other MTSOs had (2 had) had the same idea after seeing their posts and beat me to it. Think about that the next time you want to post something incoherent and badly spelled because "it's just a message board". A sloppy, incoherent post might (be?) hilarious to you, but to someone assessing your suitability for employment, it's just really depressing.
Sorry about the typos ... I'm a CS grad. nm
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Please excuse the typos
I've been up all night.
and yes I know there are typos in my message (nm)
wanted to share something from my 15+ years experience....
When I first started out, I graduated from a business college. Nine months, five days a week, four hours a day of schooling. When I finished top of my class I thought I was ready. I struggled to find a job; not too much outsourcing back then. I begged a medical records director to hire me on, and he did. I literally was not ready for what was to come. Luckily I was mentored by a lady who knew it all. She was great. After six years at the hospital, I broke away and started with my own accounts. I have raised four children (youngest in kindergarden). I have been a team mom for baseball, board of director member for local little league, and never missed a school function. This has been an awesome profession for me. Some days are better than others as far as pay is concerned, but on average I am pulling $200 a day....not bad.
There is a book out there that might be of help to you new graduates. It is called The Medical Phrase Book. That book helped me very much. The other thing that really works is using a telephone book A-Z to jot down new meds and words you learn.
Good luck to all of you.
I felt I had all the support I wanted when I needed it.
However, you need to remember that the course is self-study. You need to be prepared (and I think you are) to work mostly on your own because that is how it will be once you graduate and get a job. I think you will find that you do not need to contact them much, as that is the way their course is designed. Take advantage of the online student group they hold weekly, post on their message boards, and involve yourself. You get out of it what you put in. :-) I think you have the right idea!
I graduated in 9 months and had recruiters banging down my door to test with them. I was working within 2 days of graduation and never looked back. I still enjoy it after 5-1/2 years!
EVERY single one of these (just) humans ALL make typos.
Welcome to the jungle, and good luck in this field.
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
Very nicely put. Distractions equate to typos, which lead to poor QA scores. nm
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