Thank You All For Your Interview Answers!!

• Thank You All For Your Interview Answers!! - Jessica

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I am supposed to interview with them tomarrow. Was it lengthy? How did it go? That is about the avg. line rate I've seen posted everywhere...so sad!

I just spent 45 minutes going through their website.   There is nothing in there website that impresses me as being anything but one of those classes listed on match books.  I don't agree with some of they style statements.   I did a search for a school in my area and they are connected through a local 4-year college, but the course does not have a good reputation.  It says it gives you 6 months to complete the course.  It also says that taking the course might take the place of experience - don't think so.   They may be able to help you find a job but they have "limited resources."  All of these things would tell me it isn't a good school.    If the better schools are charging $3,000 and Gatlin is only charging $1450 you're getting what you pay for and that isn't much.  

how am I supposed to get a job if no one will give me the experience?  My friend is an MTSO and she hears everything from, my husband is unemployed and I need this job to I just had twins and I need this job to I have $2000 in MT school loans and I need this job, etc., etc. The point is that has nothing to do with your qualifications for the position. Same thing with how am I supposed to get a job if no one will give me experience. What does that have to do with your qualifications? It's like asking for a raise because you are behind on your bills. You have to sell yourself and show the company how they will benefit from hiring YOU, not how you will benefit from working for THEM.

I have been working as a subcontractor MT for the past 6 months.  Currently, the company I was working for has no work.

On Thursday, I will be testing with a company that is hiring transcriptionists to do worker's compensationinsurance claims adjuster type of transcription.  I am not sure what to charge.  I was told that if I pass the test, I will then proceed to the interview.  At this time, I should let them know how much I charge.  If what I charge is in their "range," they will pay me that amount. 

Has anyone done this type of transcription?  Should I charge by the page, by the line, or by the length of the audio file?

I posted below about the ad I saw in our paper and whether it seemed legit. I discovered that it was placed by a small MTSO in our town and he is calling me today to discuss the position. He has seen my resume and responded positively to it.  I don't have specific MT training (just nursing and allied health education background) but he is wanting to train the new employees and as I am trying to figure out if I want to go to a good MT school and make a career out of this, this would be a good testing ground for me, since he seems willing to work with complete newbies. 

I am not ready to work 40 hrs/wk as an MT for many reasons (most important of which is I am not trained to be one and 40 hours would kill me I would bet!). I am hoping there is the possibility of working PT 10-15 hrs per week either as an employee or contractor.  As a matter of fact, I have decided the only way I would take the job if offered is if I could work nights and weekends from home (when kids are asleep) so I don't have to worry yet about daycare costs or the hassle of school breaks cutting in on when I am supposed to be working.

I have my list of standard questions ready but am not sure what is usually expected of an IC, and what I need to consider. I know my FICA/Medicare tax will double (from about 9% to about 18%) - are there other tax considerations to take into account when figuring out pay and what is acceptable?  Do ICs usually write up their own contract or does the employer make it out?  Do ICs usually provide their own equipment?  I am hoping since he is new, he is digital and I would just have to get a wav pedal and not have to run tapes and reports back and forth across town every day.

Any ideas?

Thanks

I go in for an interview/skills assessment for the job I talked about in a thread below in a few days.

The employer knows I have never done MT before and have not had a transcription course.  Also knows I took Med Terms, lots of health science courses and MS Office training.  I am thinking I need to brush up on what I already know and say I know, but do you think I should spend any time looking through an MT textbook I have at home (author is Fordney - its the text they use at our local tech college)?  There will be about 1-2 mos of FT training if I get the job. I'm just thinking that when I get to the part where I have to do some transcription, I would be more comfortable if I had a basic idea of how to format some of the more common reports.

I plan on reviewing mostly med terms, and how to use special characters in MS Word and just plain old spending some time messing around in MS word so if I have to use it at the assessment, I can do it blindfolded.  I was thinking about looking through a list of the most commonly prescribed medications too so I have the spellings fresh in my head - I tend to have a photographic memory when it comes to spelling so simply reviewing a list might help me if I have to spell a drug (and most likely will have to do so).

Does anyone have any other recommendations?