totally off the subject
Posted By: porr on 2006-04-13
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Hello, Does anyone have or have heard of men going online to chat with women from those dating websites? if so what's your take on it. do you think they are really trying to hook up or just playing. I was told it was a MAN thing and everyone does it (i guess all men) I was told that the reason for doing it is to see how far they can get, to see what these women would fall for. I don't buy it. but I am just curious how many people out there are doing this
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I think! :) I apologize to those of you I offended. That was not my intent. I was looking for advice and support. Straight forward and honest, I can take...being rude or spiteful I can not. I will continue searching for the "golden ticket" I am looking for and if I never find it, fine. But, maybe I will, and when I do I'll be able to tell a "newbie", "Hey! Don't stop trying! It can be done." If that sounds like a "teenager arguing with mommy and daddy" well, fine. So be it. I'm still not going to stop looking. Good luck to those of you in the same boat, and to those of you in the "bigger boat" ahead of us. :) Thanks for the real advice. I am a little less jaded about the whole thing. LISA
My humble thoughts on this subject
It is very difficult being a newbie to the industry and working your first job remotely. I am still considered a newbie having been in the field less then a year. I originally began working for a national, but found that to be stressful. Not only was the pay low, but you never found out about your errors until days later (by then I had repeated the same mistakes several times over). However, my biggest obstacle was the difficult dictators and the lack of availability for someone to immediately “lend an ear”. I now work as an IC but still find that I am faced with the same challenges, the only advantage is that I have a better TAT to enable me to research and produce better reports. Pay is still low, the work still frustrating, the learning curve exasperating, and my nails are almost nonexistent. If I had the opportunity to work in an office environment with experienced MTs around me I would (those jobs are hard to come by in my area).
Why do I continue this line of work? I enjoy it. I love to learn. I love the medical terminology. I enjoy, to some degree, working from home. Would I have chosen this field knowing what I know now? Probably not, I think I would have used the thousands of dollars spent toward a nursing degree and be assured of job security.
Good luck to you.
It would behoove you to search the archives on this subject
I think you would find that it is VERY difficult to break into this field and MT jobs are declining. Unless you have someone guaranteeing you can learn on the job with them, with only some medical terminology and transcription training, I certainly wouldn't count on it. People say lots of things. Especially when there is no way to confirm the accuracy of their statements.
Totally Agree
I two small children and I get up at 4:00 a.m. to start my workday as to have the peace and quiet to perform my job. If you are willing to make adjustments, it can be done but it isn't all glorified like some teachers like to make it out to be. You do have the opportunity to make good money but it takes time and dedication. It isn't just a fly by the seat of your pants sort of thing.
totally agree
The whole reason I got into transcription was to stay at home with my babies!!! I started when I was 21 (daughter was 2). She stayed home with me until the day she started kindergarten. I have another child (now 2), who will never go to a daycare. I get so aggravated when people call it "PRESCHOOL" give me a break!!! It is daycare. It is somewhere you take your child because you cannot take care of him/her.
As far as the social skills, take them to a play group, enrol in gymnastics, storytime at the library, etc.etc. I know not all are so lucky, but my sister (kids aunt) loves to watch my kids for a few hours a few times a week. She LOVES my kids. Daycare workers do not.
I totally disagree with you
I took Allied's course and I have two jobs. I applied with over 100 companies, and all of them allowed me to test. It was my decision on whether to take their offers or not. Some of the tests I did not pass, I cannot lie about that. But I totally DO NOT blame it on Allied.
For people to post on these boards saying that they HAVE to take the M-Tec or Andrews course is just insane. I do agree that there are some schools that do not prepare you. All of the jobs saw that I took the Allied course and still let me test.
I do not know why people are so quick to judge or try to bring new MTs down.
Wow, totally agree. Can't believe
you have waited 2 years. I had a job before I was even out of school and have been with 2 other companies also since then (and still am). I agree with the above poster. Just send your resume, look on the job seekers board, MTjobs.com, post your resume, etc. Someone has got to give you a chance! Good luck!
totally agree
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I totally agree.
Maybe QA couldn't figure out the remaining blanks.
I totally understand.
Although I was able to start working right away after completing training for a very newbie rate, I soon realized there was a great deal that I not only did not know, but had never even heard of. Currently, I am considering VLCs refresher course for MTs to try to bridge the gap between what I know now and what I feel I should have learned from my training program. If anyone knows of another basic or refresher MT progrom, please feel free to let me know.
I totally agree with you! *sm*
Amanda: Good for you!!!!
I can see why a newbie would make less based on production. I don't see why a newbie MT should also have to suffer from a ridiculously low line rate. These companies that offer such line rates should be ashamed of themselves for cashing in on other people’s hard work!
Totally disagree
Congratulations should NEVER be spelled incorrectly by an MT. We are grammar and spelling specialists, are we not? In my opinion, if you are not able to put together an e-mail with correct spelling and grammar, you are in the wrong business (and I don't mean a little typo). From what I've seen, there are plenty of people in this business who should not be because they can't use the English language properly. That's the basis of all other MT learning and skills. It's like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.
I totally agree. It's amazing
how many mispelled words and poorly structured sentences you see on this board. Most of them are not typos, the words are just flat out mispelled. I know that this a 'board' and that it isn't formal communication, but geeeez. Some of these posts make me gasp. No wonder MTSO's are having such a hard time finding good people.
The majority of the people who are on this board inciting riots, or at least attempting to, are the main people whose posts are loaded with ebonics. It really amazes me. I would love to see some of the work these people do.
totally agree mommymt
Give her a break - she is trying to work and contribute to society yet wanting to remain home with her children. They will remember that their mom was home with them when they were little, not that they were dumped in day care with strangers. Who knows what kind of care kids really get at daycare?
There are plenty of very good videos and shows they can watch or she can work while they nap. You people are incredibly rude. There is more than one way to raise well rounded children and the BEST way is with love from their mother - not a daycare provider.
Coding/Billing is TOTALLY different
from MT work. You are not trained or qualified to do MT work.
Not that I disagree with you totally, but (see inside)
there just aren't many hospitals in many areas any more where people can work. Many of them hire services.
Graduates of Andrews School and M-Tec seem to have no problem getting hired or keeping their jobs at home right out of school. "Grads" of the "matchbook" schools are the ones who need all the extra in-house assistance.
I totally agree with you, terminology is horrible!
NM
I agree totally with these ladies! Especially about the school! sm
The school that I went to was "plain and simple". I have given up and working at something else. If I knew then what I know now, I would only go to the two schools that are mentioned. Too bad we can't live our life backwards!
The ladies on this forum are amazing. The knowledge they have are from years of hard work, study and a good school.
But I find they like my jokes! So I continue to post here to take them away from their work every once in awhile. Maybe take them to outerspace or down a river! Ha! Sometimes just have them rolling on the floor is enough for me!!! Same place I was when I read some of the jokes! And just add my 2 cents!
Great post. I totally agree! nm
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Easy or not will depend totally on the type of dictators
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i totally agree with Patty. In a docs ofc. is where it can all start.
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