Your employer will be counting on you
Posted By: MT on 2005-07-24
In Reply to: 2nd income MT at home - Kristy
to meet a turnaround time. That will be very difficult to do with "nonspecific hours". This is a job, not a hobby you can pick up whenever you want or ignore when you don't feel like doing it. If you are not reliable, you will not be employable.
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How is line counting done?
I know it is based on a 65 character line, often including spaces, but how do you line count your work and get an accurate number?
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line counting software
is it necessary to have line counting sofware or will the line counter on MS word work just the same?
Some places only like you to use a particular line counting software, too. Keep trying with your
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You really should discuss this with your employer or
You are setting yourself up for confusion and complete dependence on others by coming here for these kinds of answers.
Your business is between your employer and yourself (if you are an employee) or between you and your client (if you are an IC).
Just trying to help.
I have been contacte by an employer *sm*
based on my resume posted at a job site. I am in my last quarter of school. I've not spoken with the representative yet, but I am wondering if I should have disclosed that I am not actually out of school yet on my resume. I did not say either way, just the date being 2008.
My question is, how should I tactfully explain this approach. My hope is to be tested, set up, and ready to go with a company near the end of this quarter. Any ideas? I know it is not unheard of to have a company lined up to work for right out of school; is this the right approach?
Thanks
It all depends on your employer (sm)
and what they require.
I work a flexible 12-hour window in which I can put in my time at any point during that time frame. I asked for 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. which is what I stick to. If there is a time that I need to alter that, it is pretty much always allowable as long as I notify my supervisor. I work employee status for a hospital.
For those that work as an inidependent contractor, they sometimes work on turn-around-time only. They can put in there time here or there as long as the jobs are back within 24 hours' turn around time, for example.
HTH!
A free line counting and invoice generator is MTStars FlashCount.
see link below
No employer ever cared if I had a degree or not. They did
All the employers have ever cared about is whether I could do the job the way they wanted it done. Never once has anyone even asked about a degree. In this industry I don't think it's that helpful, because most of the degree programs teach you everything except how to transcribe. The employers know that. It's not a selling point on your resume. So if you have a degree, that's fine. Degrees are good. You also need to have training on there that shows you can transcribe.
You have to pass the employer's test.
No services hire solely on the basis of what school the MT graduated from.
Most of them do require an applicant to score at least 98% on their employment test. If you can't do that, how will you be able to meet their accuracy requirement when working? Their clients expect about 98% accuracy, so they have to deliver. There is no room for MTs who can't do the work.
This is why big companies require so much experience. It goes hand in hand with accuracy. The more experience you have doing acute care, i.e., hospital, dictation, the more you know and the better you'll do. If you don't have the experience, the companies know you'll flounder. They don't have time to hand-hold you or provide remedial training.
The reason some schools' graduates are granted a waiver for experience is that their training has prepared them well enough to do acceptable work even without the experience. They are trained so thoroughly that they are able to pass the employment tests with 98% accuracy and they understand the employer's expectations regarding accuracy and professionalism.
The most successful schools teach students in an atmosphere that mimics an MT work environment, with the same expectations that employers have, so the students have a firm grasp on the requirements by the time they graduate. They behave much like experienced MTs, perform much like experienced MTs, and go about getting up to speed just as an experienced MT would. That's why it's important to choose a school that tests constantly and provides competent, personalized CMT instruction, not just an answer key and a computer grader.
If you are an MT employee or MT employer pls EMAIL ME!
I need all the help i can get. I'm submitting my package to get into the MT program by the end of June 2009 and the only thing I haven't completed is the informational interview. I have to ask 3 MT employees and 3 MT employers a few questions about this line of work and I'll be able to get my package processed and hopefully get into the program right away. I am on maternity leave and it's difficulty for me to leave the house and search for people. Please help me out so I can get into this program and finally make something of myself that I can be proud of. Thanks everyone who has taken the time to read this. My email is carpio_cat@hotmail.com
I'm an employer and I say it doesn't matter where you go to school.
I'm impressed by an applicant who shows the ability to follow directions, troubleshoot and stick-to-it-ness. I have seen crap come out of the big three and I have seen crap come out of community colleges and matchbook schools. I have seen superb MT's come out of community colleges and I dare say matchbook schools. As a matter of fact, I didn't even go to school. I was a paramedic and just applied for a job typing x-rays. So I say it matters more what your natural abilities are. If you a linguist and type like the dickens, and know the medical field, you don't even have to go to school. 
the previous post said it only matters what the employers think. I'm an employer and that's wh
think. What exactly do you identify as **balderdash**?
I'd also rather hear from a successful employer with a good plan for continued success
Success breeds success. When I look for a leader or mentor or someone to give me advice, I look for someone who has been successful. That person will have to be able to identify his or herself and have verifiable proof to back up their claims. There are ways to do that. Blind posts on message boards don't do it.
Are you getting your line count from your program or can you use the line counting software to do
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