you overcome it by doing it..you'll never learn if you quit.

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I have found the Medical Transcription field is a tough to get into.  There are so many more qualified MT's who are looking at the same postings we are.  I would suggest that you keep you day job until you have permanent employment.  Job seeking is not for the faint of heart.  It takes a great deal of determination and never ending cash flow.

I was hired as an MT Editor two weeks after graduation.  Needless to say, three weeks later I was told that I didn't have the experience and the trainer had quit so I was sent home to type.  The first two weeks I couldn't even type because the software wouldn't work on my computer.  Since then I only type two-three days a week because they never have enough work.  Recently I was told that I have been on hold status too long and have been given a deadline.

Should I just give up?  And should those first five weeks even count?  How are you supposed to come off of QA if you rarely type?  Also all of the QA editors are new (they started when I did even though they have transcription experience) and each one has their own preferences.  So what one editor changes, another one doesn't.  They constantly change the acct. specifics and when I complain they tell me that they are aware of the situation and working to get everyone on the same page.

I need the experience but this seems like an impossible situation.  Any advice?

to get a freaking job in this field.  I didn't go to any overpriced overrated schools, I have my own accounts and I make well over $40K a year.  I have plenty of work (too much in fact) and I am so sick and tired of you people saying the only schools that are qualified are Andrews or M-Tech.

If you want to work for a slave-wage national, sure, then spend your money and get the "good credentials" and see how long it takes you to get your $ back.

However, if you want to succeed, it's possible without being suckered in if you are willing to pound the pavement, sell yourself and do a good job.  It is possible.  I, for one, am proof of that and frankly I'm sick and tired of all the negativity towards people who didn't go to the coddled 2 schools.

Most smaller MTSOs don't give a flip about where you got your education.  We care that you can do the job.  Period.

I've always enjoyed word jumble. I think you all know that one ... the letters of a word are all jumbled and you have to figure out the word. Like this:  ehrat = heart

I'll pick a word and then mix the letters up. In the subject line, I'll give the specialty (i.e. Cardiology) and you have to figure out the correct word. As soon as the correct word is posted, nobody else can respond. That round has ended.

I'll post one new word every day.

This game is ONLY open to people still in school or those with less than six months of work experience. So, all of you MTSOs with itchy fingers ... go transcribe an ESL who is dictating in the middle of traffic with the convertible roof down.

I'll take a show of hands ... would anyone else like to join in? 

to do it "right."  Being a newbie is tough, but a strict QA is more beneficial at this point in her career.  It does't do her any good to have "slack" QA and then she moves to another job later and they are tough and she has to struggle then.

I've been doing this for years and I still make mistakes.  I've spelled calculus for gallbladder stones for years and no one corrected me until recently, so all these years I've been spelling it incorrectly.  Learn to do it "right" the first time and it will serve you well in the future. 

Why is CS still getting praise???  Affordable or not, you may be an experienced *unemployed* MT because many companies are discovering that CS just doesn't give the education needed regardless of the few praisers who got lucky.

M-TEC or Andrews has a "refresher" course for MTs who have done 1 specialty or haven't worked for a while.

school and actually started working in the real world?  It is a learning process, day in and day out, just as nursing is.  You can go to the best school in the world, have the most highly trained instructors, finish with flying colors, take the RMT, CMT or whatever, and still not be a good transcriptionist.  Same thing goes with nursing.  You can go to school and then pass state boards and still be a lousy nurse.  A lot of what we all do is in the practical application day to day.  I don't recall ever saying she shouldn't go to school.  I just said it was possible to go from nursing to MT without formal training. 

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I tested for a local vet recently. No call back yet, but he was an @$$ (I can see why he went into Veterinary medicine rather than human). Expected the MT to transcribe while being the front desk in a hard-floored, echoing foyer area with dogs and cats and people and birds around, and be the receptionist too.

But, I think it would be very interesting and a good resume skill to add.

Anyone know of a company that will hire an MT to do VT? Or is there a VT module I could do to add to my training?

you must be accurate in all typed correspondence. I had a newbie that asked about doing an internship I offered. Here is her actual response: 

I just wanted to let you know that it is possible for a new MT to get a job with a national company.  I did it, and I just graduated in December.  Just keep putting out those resumes and testing.  It will happen!! God bless!

Julia