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Here is what the recruiter told me

Posted By: Sunflower on 2005-08-21
In Reply to: New tier pay - MQ MT

A few weeks ago I was offered a position with the Baltimore office for their "big" oncology account. The recruiter told me they start all transcriptionists at 7.5 cpl but after 90 days you would be moved up to 8 cpl. She also said that they now have a production pay plan that would pay 7.5-8 for the first (I think it was 700 lines); then 8.5 for for 701-1200; 9 for 1201-?; and it would go on up to as high as 9.75 cpl depending on lines produced. I turned them down because I thought that 7.5 or even 8 was low for someone with a lot of experience in oncology. I was very disappointed to say the least...especially after going through talking to them on the phone, then testing, then waiting for them to get back to me (which took forever) to see if I even passed. I thought I hadn't made it through the test and was really down and out...then after all that I turned them down anyway.


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S/l Precyse. The recruiter told me how lucky I

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Not every company is going to be a good fit for everyone.


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damage control at its finest
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recruiter
what recruiter quit?
As a recruiter
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OR their new recruiter. LOL!!!
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are you a recruiter?
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Not a recruiter either
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What does it take to become a recruiter?sm
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That too. It is not a sin to tell a recruiter that you are not
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Was this recruiter's...sm
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Recruiter ads
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Recruiter

Hi,


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Not a recruiter
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No other field would test someone who has proven themselves 100 times over.

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How do holidays work - I know this has changed lately - do you still pick 3 to work per year?


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She is not a recruiter.
Some people just do not stop to think before they type. She has most definitely misrepresented herself and reflected a poor light on KS.
Could be a recruiter
who may be attempting to collect a fee for forwarding qualified applicants.
The former recruiter was let go. (sm)
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