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from their graduates who have found jobs.  You may want to do a quick search.

experience. 

I work for a company who is presently looking at starting at MT program with an internship and then a job offer when over.  I would like your responses in what could have made your program better or if you feel there was anything bad about it and what that was.  If you would like to respond, please email or feel free of course to post here.  At this time, I am not able to provide the company name that is starting this program, but I can tell you we are going to be working to make it the best possible, and with your help be able to offer a better program to future MT students.  Thanks in advance!

... I've had no problems with the VLC.  The instructors are wonderful, especially Carol.  The tech team has always been helpful if I needed them.  My materials came as scheduled, maybe a few days late but I live in a very rural area so wasn't expecting them on the EXACT date. 

I've found the course to be very good.  I've already tested for several companies, though I am a few days shy of completing the course, and have been told I am testing very well. 

One thing about the VLC is you make your own deadlines, ect. and you will get out of it what you put in.  Don't just rule out VLC because one person had a shipment problem. 

I have posted on here before about my experience with CS, it was all good.

I had NO problems getting a job right after school, or getting new jobs since.  I think it was money well spent. :)

DO NOT let her apply with TOTH Transcription.  They hire anybody, particularly new grads to just type the work, but you will never see a pay check.  TOTH  is a scam operation.  You have to trust me on that.  

Look on the forum for all the complaints against Toth Transcription. 

 Help! How did everyone get their start in the MT business? I  just graduated from Penn Foster and I have a medical office background and have worked as a medical claims insurance analyst for 14 years. I have applied to every online MT business I can find, but with no luck. Does anyone have an ideas?

Thanks

Kim

Anyone who graduated from M-Tec--

Do they actually help with the job search or just provide the list of partners they work with on the website?  When I first graduated from M-Tec., I went through the list of partners, applied to several, and had been called back and offered jobs at all.  I stupidly took a job with a company that I can honestly say I hate so far (and have only worked for 2 weeks there) and can't see it getting much better in the near future. 

I remember getting an e-mail from someone--Kathy, Susan, Karen...can't remember who it was now because my entire e-mail account was wiped out and I lost that e-mail--but whoever it was told me that if I was having trouble finding a job to let them know and they would help out.  I went through the list again, reapplied to many of the companies, applied to several that I had not seen before, and have not heard from any of them now! 

I don't know if a lot of companies are just not hiring right now or what is going on.  Nothing has changed about me and before I was getting calls and e-mail daily offering me positions.  Should have taken one of those instead of holding out for this crappy one.   Oh, and I think the issue is also that I only want to work about 15-20 hours a week and a lot of companies are FT only.

If they help other than providing a list, could someone tell me who I need to contact since I can't find the information anymore?  Thanks!

I graduated from Andrews a few months ago.  I cannot speak with any authority on the experiences of other schools' graduates, but I can tell you that doors were opened for me just based on my Andrews graduation.  I heard comments from recruiters that were very complimentary and tested at companies who, according to them, do not consider newbies unless they are Andrews grads. 

I found it to be a very comprehensive learning experience, and I felt very prepared to begin working on my very first night as an MT.  I also got the job I wanted, instead of the job I settled for.

I wouldn't pay them another 900 bucks. They should have given you a business communication class that would have helped you to write a great cover letter and resume. You can get some good advice on Career Builders and websites like it on how to write your cover letter and resume. Did you do an externship/internship? If you did not, you should definitely gain some experience that way first. Your school should be able to help you out with that and should have done that for you.

Also, don't wait until you graduate to look for work, the sooner you start the faster you will work. Just don't give up! I graduated in December and just now got hired by some one, and I graduated with high honors. It can take awhile, but my understanding is that now is the "season" that the MT business picks up, and you are more likely to find a job now than later. Good Luck!

I am a new graduate ... where can i get a job? All the posts want yrs experience! how do i get any ... if no one will hire me?

                          Thanks for any help

Hi :)  I graduated from there this year.  It is difficult to get a job in Med Transcription if you didn't graduate from the Med-tech, Career Step, or Andrews.  Penn Foster has ads from MRTservices and MediVoxx on their website.  You might want to try one of those.  However, they didn't work out for me, and I tested with both. 

I think MRT was having human resource problems because some new girl took over the position, made me resend all of my tests and then never got back to me.  The first person I was in contact with said I had done well on them.

MediVoxx is a pain to apply for.  I never got my interview, and I think that is partially why I "messed up" on my test.  I didn't do that bad.  For instance, she marked me off for putting "she's" instead of "she is."  Then, she marked me off for putting "Marsha's" and then corrected it by putting "Marsha's" right next to it.  I was wondering what was wrong what the correction was.

I think that the course was good except for the ACTUAL transcription part, which is obviously the most important.  That part was very unorganized, and I didn't like most of the instructors, especially that one guy.

I think I found a good place to work.  I'm doing more testing on Monday.  Email me for details.  I don't want to put it on here. 

Also, you might want to try Focus Infomatics.  I tested there last week, and they called me, but I'm more interested in this other place.  Plus, the posts on here about Focus scared me.

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.

doesn't exactly match up to all the crowing up there...wonder if Career Step isn't on the board, yukking up the company

I really enjoyed EvCC.  They expand on Career Step's program SO much and are really helpful.  I still talk to a lot of my classmates via a Yahoo! Group and consider them friends.  We always welcome new EvCC students if you're interested .