Thanks for being an understanding person
Posted By: JS on 2005-12-05
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and giving the "newbies a second chance. Bless you!!
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I think you aren't understanding
You state that the only skill you lack is speed.
That is not the reason you are not being hired. It is because you lack experience, not speed.
Even if you pass a test, there are probably many more who have scored higher and have experience - they will always get the jobs first.
There are a few companies that hire newbies but not many. It costs in resources to train newbies. Even with all of your education in your MT program, you are not as prepared as you think.
There are a few posts on down the page here that list companies willing to hire newbies. Check those out.
The best way to get your experience is to get it in-house locally. It will be easier for you to gain experience, you will learn more and then, once you have a history of having actually been hired and worked as an MT, you will be more appealing to employers.
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Acute care understanding
What exactly is Acute Care??
Trouble understanding test is part of work
We intentionally put a hard to understand file in our transcription portion of the test to see how a potential employee will do with hard to understand dictation. All your dictation files are not going to be easy to understand when you get into a position.
What an awful person I am trying to get them
away from a bad school. The bottom line is it is a BAD school. Just because people scurry around teaching themselves AFTER graduating from AHP and the likes doesn't mean they were successful because of AHP. They were successful in spite of.
I have talked to dozens of AHP students and graduates wanting me to help them and I have seen the material. To congratulate and praise them on choosing AHP is plain idiotic. If someone reads my negative comments and chooses a different school because of that, great!
Standards are raising in MT even if the pay is not. Companies want to hire people from an MT school and more often than not they want those people to come from a good one.
This person is an angel!!
I am a new graduate (January of 2008) and I have been eagerly trying to just get my foot in the door, without the infamous 2+ years experience. I would be blessed if a company like this one would allow me to gain this experience, even at 0.05 cpl!!! Maybe it's just me though!
I emailed this person and you are wrong
Out of curiosity, I emailed this person. He is not trying to sell anyone anything. He has his own resume writing business (hence his email address) and he also does transcription. He had a lot of good ideas. I do agreee with you about sending professional letters though. Flyers seem cheap and impersonal. But I really think you should have gotten your facts straight before posting this reply.
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.
One person's sinking ship is another
I think that if someone is trying to gain experience and a company is willing to hire new grads and pay them, then so be it. As long as the money is green, it will spend! I don't work for MedQuist, but I know there are still happy MTs there, and they do have a lot of accounts. I think it would be a good company to get your feet wet if not for anything else. It is a company to put on your resume.
not everything works for the every person, but what i have found.....
I started out many years ago working for a few doctor's offices (neurosurgeon, infectious disease, oncologist, urologist) in the same building. I would pick up tapes on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and deliver work those same days. I worked seven days a week back then (probably still do). After years of doing and the cost of gas skyrocketing, I realized it would be more beneficial for me to work for a service (either independent contractor or employee). I signed on with a national company (MedQuist). I know there are a lot of people out there who are not happy with MQ, but I am. My accounts are good, so I can make a good line count. The only problem is that my accounts are so good that there are many MT's working on them, and I tend to run out of work early in the day. I have signed on with an additional company to fill the void in my day.
I think I saw somewhere that MQ was hiring MT's with little or no experience. If that is the case, I would consider MQ or another national to get started.
I don't know anything about the benefits offered, as I rely on my husband for that.
Good luck.
I'm pretty sure it isn't recognized, as the other person
said, it is just a basic course and in way prepares you for being an MT.
I am the person, who sent the email. I am a mentor. sm
I have had some challenges with interns, some requiring longer internships than others. Other newbies have breezed right through. I average the time from 3-4 months.
You are given a variety of family practice and specialty clinic work. You must meet 97% accuracy in medical terminology, medications, grammar and formatting before referral for contract is made. You will be contracted beginning at 7 cpl.
When you graduate, you take a doctor with you, one you have mastered and will get lines immediately. I assure you this is a legitimate internship.
You also receive new terms weekly.
-Jade
I think you have the wrong person or someone else's resume. I have been working for 10 years. I
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I have the right person and you are too quick to reply to posts. A professional
You don't see the big guns worrying about anything posted on this board. Sheesh.
MTStudent, the person who was quite rude to you has been banned. MTStars encourages new MTs to ask
questions and without being viciously attacked the way you were. There are a lot of very nice, helpful people here and will answer your questions.
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Don't worry anon, this is the same person on the Word Board asking test questions!!
How would you show the cards in person when you work in another state? You copy them and mail/fax
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