What to charge?

I am newly out of school.  I intend on sending out letters of introduction to community doctors this week to express my desire to work for them.  I was wondering if anybody can give me a ballpark idea of what I should charge if they ask or what I should take if they offer?  Oh, and I live in Washington state if it matters.  Thanks.

Jenn

• What to charge? - Jenn
  • It does matter where you live - sm
  • I would probably leave that out in a letter - meg
    • What to charge... - Jenn
      • What to charge depends on what services - me
        • I agree that 6 cpl is too low; - meg
          • She is trying to get her own accounts so - me
      • what to charge - meg
        • 12 cpl - Jenn

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No, I don't plan to put what I charge in the letter.  I just want to know so that if the Dr. calls me back and is interested in my services.  Either they'll ask what I charge or they'll offer me a rate and I want to be sure either way that its reasonable.  I live in Napavine, about 40 min. south of Olympia. 

In that case I would say about .6 cpl to start. Then after you are up to speed reevaluate. But I also encourage you to call around to local clinics, offices and hospitals.  I live up in Sedro Woolley way up north. Good luck to you!

you need to provide.  Are you going to have to pick up tapes and deliver completed work back to them, do you do envelopes with the letters, do you print on sticky paper and if so do they provide it, if you have to return work, do you have to return it printed or can you just put on a disk and they print so you need to figure in cost of printing supplies.   If they are digital what equipment do they use and do you have equipment that is compatible so you can download work or will you have to buy some equipment/software, how much dictation will they have, etc.    If they only have 1 or 2 docs who might only dictate 2 or 3 times a week that is good for you because it gives you plenty of TAT but do they have enough dictation to make it worth your while (especially if you're having to pick-up tapes, provide paper, etc.)

6 cpl is way TOO LOW, I don't care what part of the country you live in.    If you are working for a service that is probably would you could expect to be paid, but that isn't near enough to charge if you have your own accounts. 

Hi, I'm a new grad with an opportunity to work from home. The current MT in a local office is not working out and I need some advice. They are billing by the word vs. line count/hour/audio time. Has anyone heard of this? Also, do you have any idea what a good charge per word would be? I've only seen the line count. It doesn't seem like the pay is great, but it is a way to get my foot in the door. I just want to make sure I'm not shooting myself in the foot before I even get started!

I was also wondering if anyone could suggest a good way to learn macros/word expanders? Are there any tutorials out there or good programs?

Thanks!