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No, poster knows better; just knows this board is busier and taking a test!

Posted By: ATTN MODERATOR on 2009-07-05
In Reply to: Good Grief! - travelinMT

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    I'm in the middle of taking the test myself
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    I think taking the test now will speed up the process.

    It has  a place for you to submit resume, so they have resume and test together.  If you haven't heard anything in a couple of days call.


    Anyone actually get a callback from taking the test at Keystrokes with their recent ad? sm

    If so, how long before you heard from them?  I took the test yesterday and just wondering what to expect.  I think I did relatively well with it...had one blank though...but still pretty good.


     


    Thanks.


    Is Etransplus worth taking a test which last 1 1/2hrs

    Hello,  I am currently working with a company but need to change due to lack of benefits.  Etrans has sent me a couple of emails about joining them, but I wanted to know if anyone works there, is it worth it to take that test for 1 1/2 hours, when I could be transcribing.  Also, what type of accounts do they have and do they have anything that is entirely online and does not need a phone line to dial into a system, would love to drop my $40.00 a month bill for unlimited long distance.


    Thank you so much in advance for any info!!


    I bothered taking the test weeks ago and never heard. You would think...
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    How soon after applying and taking test for Transtech to hear from them? Thanks.
    nm
    Yikes!! Contemplating taking their test. Any other opinons PLEASE.NM
    nm
    Guess I didn't. Heard back within a day of taking the test, sm
    but that was several years ago.  Depends on current recruiters, I guess. 
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    There's only been 1 poster on another board who admitted to working for them, so can't help yo
    s
    Ummm, this is a message board, not a test.
    transcription test, thank you very much! 
    Busier than ever right now
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    on NewMT board, recent discussion about 17 test files for
    nm
    God forbid the poor poster made a mistake by posting on the wrong board!! Good grief!
    nm
    Busier than ever what with vacations and all
    nm
    There were post on another board about test dictations violating HIPAA regs. sm
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    I am LITERALLY swimming in it and I only do OPs and cardio!!!!  I have no trouble in the last month, despite being sick for about 10 days right now, so if I don't have wonderful lines, it is ME.
    My primary is even busier than usual and my back-up has been looking for extra help. Maybe time for
    nm
    Usually a spelling test, a punctuation test, and maybe 3-6 test files to do. Sometimes done using
    s
    I took a test for a company and my foot pedal would work with the test and I had keep going back
    over the dictation time and again to get all the words because I couldnt stop and start it by the foot pedal.  What can I do about this.
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    I just took the test today - thought it was a great test of MT skills.
    x
    There is no written test. Must have been a different company. I took their ortho test sm
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    Hello??!! I'm the original poster! I think I can respond to the poster who replied to my original
    nm
    MedQuisters, topics from the Company board are being moved to the MedQuist board. MQ posts on

    the first page of the Company board will be removed to open up space for other companies to post.  Enjoy the new Medquist board set up for you.


    Thank you,


    Administrator


    Are you the same condescending person the word board? I thought this was called "Company Board.&#
    x
    Didn't you post this on 03/04/06 on both the Company Board and the Hospital/Clinic MT Board?

    .


    This was moved from main board to company board. Replies don't transfer. nm
    x
    This is the Company Board. You should have posted on tech board. nm
    x
    there is a board for local talk. this is company board. thx
    xx
    Posted on wrong board. Plz see Seekers board.
    nt
    Sorry! Wrong board. Reposted on Main board. NM
    s
    BUT...you are taking them at their SM

    word that the production rate will increase.  The reality?  It doesn't.  I have been doing VR where I work for about a year now and even after the system was trained properly it takes JUST AS MUCH IF NOT MORE time to edit versus straight-typing the document.


    You must always remember that when the company presents a plan and its assurances that you will make more money in the end, YOU WON'T.  They may (cheaper labor) but YOU will not.  That's guaranteed.


     


    Not currently taking on new MTs (sm)
    according to a form email I received. They seem to have a great reputation among MTs.
    Well, someone must be taking it or
    xx
    Taking less pay
    In 1981, I was making 10 cents a line; now it is 9, soon to be 8. We, as professional MTs, have let this profession go underground and isolated, many of us working at home and not in a social setting. Its time to RECLAIM our profession, re-emphasize the LEGAL IMPORTANCE of the work we do, and raise the standards again to catch up our salaries and inflation. I'd hate to have to move to India to make what I made 25 years ago!
    about VR taking over all by itself but
    rather the air heads out there that think it saves time and money, so they take on VR accounts and we as MTs get stuck with the editing. The original poster is correct. If doctors and/or hospitals want to change to VR, let them use it entirely on their own--no editing and no retyping from MTs, nothing! They would be throwing those machines out the windows in just a matter of a few hours. That is what our profession/industry needs. No help for VR accounts, plain and simple.
    Have you tried taking Tylenol PM
    It helps take away the pain you have in your shoulders and back from typing all day and it helps you sleep. May be a little better than Benadryl.

    I know how you are feeling regarding MQ; I am there too and deciding on jumping ship.

    That is another long story which I will have to go into at another time.

    Have a good day or try at least and try the Tylenol PM


    They shouldn't be taking someone right off the
    This profession isn't greeting or flipping burgers at Wal-Mart or McDonald's.   Why hire someone off the street with no skills in the first place?
    THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME IT IS
    THANKS!
    Taking pole. Which would you take? (sm)
    I won't name the companies but have been offered a job from two, both paying the same amount per line.  One is as a employee with a company that so far I've seen mostly bad things about on MT Stars.  The plus side is they take out the taxes/social security.  The second is with a company that I've seen both good and bad things about on MT Stars but it's as an IC so I have to deal with taxes and social security.  The only reason I lean towards the first one is because I don't have to provide both parts of social security, but as I said, I've not seen anything good about them.  This is a second job to make up for the loss of overtime/bonus time no longer available.  What would you do? 
    taking a pole
    I'm with you