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Doesn't it say to find the secret post?

Posted By: MslaMT on 2007-12-15
In Reply to: Secret Santa? - mtjen

I just skimmed it, but I think it says to find the secret post and send an email from that post to enter.


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Yes, find the Secret Santa post and click the email link to enter.
GOOD LUCK
Seriously? Must be a big secret. I find it very depressing and
very difficult.  New terms constantly and staging, etc., are written differently
Doesn't anyone else find it odd that - sm

with the massive destruction our South has just endured, there has been NOTHING in the news about other countries offering their aid?


Who raised the most money and gathered more supplies faster than any other country for the Tsunami vicitims?


Makes me really angry that we are seen as such evil people when WE are the ones reaching out to others in their time of need and they help us with what when we need it?  Nothing.


Just like not all doctors are the way this one was, neither are all MTSOs. Find one that doesn't
It's a no brainer, really.
Does anyone find the search feature on this board doesn't work right?
I can't ever seem to find the old posts that I know are there by using the search feature.  Does anyone else have this problem or is it just me?
Please post the link again; it doesn't seem to work for me. Thanks. n/m
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Oops -- that it's worth it sure doesn't belong on my post!
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I cannot find the post you are speaking
of but I just wanted to say "Well said!" It is a shame that people are judged by the color of their skin, how they dress or yes even where they live!

I am proud to say that I also live in a trailer with my husband and 3 children! We also have a nice green lawn and pretty flower beds. We take pride in our home, even though there are wheels on it! Our income last year was $100k+; however, we choose not to live by credit cards and paying a $3000 mortgage but rather saving for the future of our children!

If that makes me a "skank" so beit!
Somebody asked about this before, but I can't find the post.
I haven't had the white menu on the left hand side at all for the past two days here at MTstars.  Any ideas where it went? 
I find your post interesting. I am one of those that will not do this. sm
1. I teach at a local college. I teach MT classes, A&P and medical terminology. Guess what, they do not require it. Again they use my experience in lieu of it.
2. I know what position I currently hold. Again, does not need it and experience again is used in lieu of it.
3. I have 20 years of experience. Do I care if I have CMT behind my name? Really I don't. It will not make a difference.
4. I have worked in MT, QA, Management, etc. Again, did not need it do any of the above.

AAMT or AHDI as it is now callded.. they are there to sell a book to make money. They are selling a "title" to make money. However, this title makes little to no difference in the real world.

I have worked for companies that did pay their CMTs 0.5 cpl to 1 cpl line higher than people without it. Learn to negotiate is all I can say.

Your CMT certification does not keep jobs from going overseas and does not qualify you to have the knowledge to be an Editor of that type of work.

Anyone with 2 years' experience can take the test. Big deal. All companies test and I say at least half are bull. I have failed 1 test in 20 years, and then they hired me anyway because they felt there was something wrong (Thank you MTtest.com).

I have 20 years' experience. I am very good at what I do (and yes I will say this). I can also get the rate I want or tell them No Thank You.

I have worked with MTs from no experience to OMG experience. I have seen failure in both areas. The CMT would not have changed anything for either one.

A test is a test is a test. You might have a good day and pass it, or I guess you might not.

I just do not feel the need for someone to tell me that I know what I am doing.

Everyone have a great Wednesday!


Doesn't apply. According to original post, there was no dictation involved. NM
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Good post! What I find especially ironic
is at least in our state all the phone work, etc. related to welfare and foodstamps has now been outsourced overseas.

Uh, hello... how about giving those jobs to the people who are on welfare or foodstamps cause they can't find jobs?!?!? Since when did the government care about saving money anyway?
can't find prior post answer
I read a post awhile back about fast dictators and the settings for Express scribe to slow them down without distorting the voice but I can't find it now. Can anyone help?
I find most everything in your post to be finger pointing.
You are putting every excuse in the world out there as to why you are not able to do the job you were hired to do.

Sorry to hear about your past but that is NOT why you were FORCED to take a job. You made a CHOICE to take the job.

Yes, it is legal for an employer to ask you to do more than one account. It is NOT abuse but, by the other statements in your post, that you feel everything is someone else's fault.

If the job isn't for you, then go find one that is. The point is that your most profitable work might not be in medical transcription.
it's not my fault, the darn quote mark just doesn't post for some reason.
Okay, for some reason, the first quote at the front of qldc does not show up, but in the line autocorrect.entries.add name:=qldc" there needs to be a quote mark around each side of "qldc", not just at the end.

If you want to use this macro -- and find it won't work and are confused my instructions, please write me and I will e-mail the macro to you.

I really don't like the idea of people having to spend their meager pittance of a salary on expensive software to do such a simple thing.

If we find out that a service outsources offshore, we do NOT allow them to post.
If you know of a company that does, email the Administrator. My email address is admin@mtstars.com
Did anyone find the post for the scavenger hunt today? Was there one?
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Nothing is being said. How can something this big be a secret?
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the secret is

You need to have an extremely good memory.


Whether you use SmartType, Instant Text, Shorthand, Fast Type, or follows all of the suggestions books such as "When The Name of the Game is Keystrokes," or www.productivity.com. It will always boil down to having an extremely good memory. Without one, you will never have a high line production when you use the keyboard. --- Knowing how to write macros and templates certainly helps.


Anyone who says otherwise is not paying attention to their own capabilities.


 


No secret
I work for Spheris and it's certainly no secret it's a 24/7 company. The Indians are busy transcribing in a nice building Spheris built for them over there while we sleep, ha-ha. When I have PC troubles at night, an Indian tech usually helps me through it. Such is the way of the world, whether we like it or not, our business is global. Again, I think that thing you saw was somebody's blog, and I had no trouble whatsoever with my PC after visiting the site several times.
I don't think it's really a secret...
I think it is more of a preference.  Many people don't want to learn to transcribe OP notes because it is difficult in the beginning.  It is the same with ER reports.  Difficult in the beginning, but easy to make lines if you wait it out and learn.  Anyway, most MTs already know this information, they just prefer to transcribe other work types.  I don't think it's a big deal to talk about it.  If you are great at what you do, you have nothing to worry about. 
The secret is...
SHE'S LYING.
Share your secret, PLEASE!
Who do you work for? I used to do that, but got a crappy account now. I miss those paychecks.

You have every right to be happy. I'm happy for you (and jealous LOL)!
Oh please, it is not top secret information.
She was just helping me out.
secret shopping
Have you found any shops that will pay you more than $10.00 or less? I haven't!
Ok, here's the Big Male Secret...
We want y'all to think we're helpless and can't do things so we can get out of doing stuff. It works, too! :)
Big Male Secret
It's not a secret, Rad Guy. We just let you think it is.
Shhhhh - it's best to keep it a secret.

Did you ever think of telling the person that hired you?  Daaaaaaaaaaa.LMAO


 


Exactly! Thanks! It's not secret Rosie is the man
in that relationship! Did you hear too that the View ladies per contract are not allowed to cut their hair without prior approval! I wonder if they just added that recently since Rosie is coming on board - picturing that buzz cut she had and all. LOL!
The secret to a good fit.

Make a list of what you want in a job.  What do you want to earn and how can you structure the job to conform to what you want?  Platform or no platform?  Do you want to work from a pool or get a dedicated acct?  Don't settle for someelse's idea of a great job.  Pick your job, don't wait for a job to pick you.


Next, do your homework.  Peruse the job sites and see which jobs have the characteristics you are looking for.  Research those jobs.  Research how other MTs feel about that company, keeping in mind that one person's dream job could by another's slave labor. 


Never leave a job until you have a replacement up and going. Try to ask the pertinent questions before testing.  The recruiters I have dealt with have been more than happy to answer key questions, thereby saving company and myself wasted time. 


 


 


 


I would love to know the secret...
I have been at this for nearly 9 years now, and working my tail off for an average of 6 hours per day, I still only clear $18,000 per year at 8 cents per line. I have had a good account, so that can't be it. I have worked for 10 cents per line, and really I did no better in terms of lines per hour. I do use expansions. I work without breaking. I can't figure out if it is me or if there are a lot of exaggerated income stories out there. Really, there is no way for me to ever know, is there? I just keep plugging away and hoping for better. Sometimes I swear there is a secret to it, but I just can't figure it out.

Perhaps I just suck?
Secret Santa?

Is the link on this page the right link to enter? 


secret to satellite and MTs
Get a static IP address through your ISP. It helps alot!
Trade Secret...sm
There are basically three tests of a trade secret:

1. It is information that is not in the public domain, i.e. is exclusive to the company.

2. Its exclusivity is regarded by the company as providing a competitive advantage or some other benefit of value.

3. The company takes reasonable precautions to protect the information.

Within these parameters, a "trade secret" can be just about anything that a company decides it is, including customer lists, business plans, methods or processes of production, marketing strategies, hiring projections, you name it.
Moneymakers tell us your secret??

Any of you who are making 17 dollars or more an hour in an 8 hour day at the line rates that are posted - and I have ever see posted is jobs that pay about 8 cents a line or less.  Please share with us your secrets.  A lot of us have been doing this for 15 years or more, and cannot do that in 8 hours.  I have a hard time believing it.  When someone says how much they make in an hour, or how many lines they do per day, it is the assumption that that is in an 8 hour period since that is what the general population works on a full time basis.  My point being, is that it is misleading to people saying that you can make 20.00 to 30.00 an hour at 8 cents (I am assuming 8 cents a line, maybe I am wrong) if you are working 10 hours or more a day.   If there is a way to do this please tell us the secrets, because seriously we  would truly like to know.  I would also like to know who pays 10 cents a line anymore.  How do you find them.  I cannot - I have searched and searched.  We need to all stick together and be honest, otherwise I say let them send it overseas.  There are kids in high school making more than some of us.    


SS....does that stand for secret service?
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What do you want them to do, talk in secret code?
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I don't understand the secret santa? nm
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Secret Santa Question
Is the secret post usually on the Main board or one of the ones above the ------------ line?  I tried searching this morning, but don't have time to puruse all of the different boards.  I was just wondering if you could narrow it down a bit.  It's okay if you can't just thought I'd ask.  Thanks!
of course; Spheris Healthscribe, not new, no secret
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Yes. It's no big secret. They talk openly about it.

When they try to keep what they're dictating a secret...
... from the people having the LOUD conversation right next to them. Guess they never figure out that they are also keeping it a big secret from ME. I keep waiting for them to yell SHADDUP! but for some reason they never do. Sometimes I am half tempted to just transcribe the background conversation instead......
Personal opinion: If it's a secret, it's probably wrong. SM
I think you know that. You need to look at yourself hard and weigh your pros and cons. But you don't have to "go all the way" to be having a full-blown affair.
I did secret shopping......made some money but it
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OK...I am secret Days fan. I would never admit it to my family.
She is right!  I would toss his rear out too.  I just hate that Chelsea.  What about Belle and Shawn??  Phillip is an idiot.  Will Mimi tell?? dun dundundunnnnn :)  If my husband or kids knew I watched soaps they would laugh me out of the house.  I would never live it down, but it is fun.  Now I started watching Passions too.  No wonder I can't seem to get anything done
Brownie recipe.... Shhhh, it's a secret.....
I got a GREAT to die for brownie recipe of his. This one is much more specific as he wrote the stuff down. Double chocolate batter, chocolate (and sometimes caramel) sauce, white chocolate and pecans on the top... He calls them Suicide Brownies.... would be happy to share if you're interested.
Isn't that interesting. So much for the identify remaining secret. nm
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But the secret is most people love oncology.
I'm not sure why, but it is more interesting than most specialties and not usually the downer you'd expect. I think it's just the terminology and (in my experience) very smart, decent dictators. Even the ESLs are understandable because the terms are so long. Four syllables to pronounce means 4 clues, LOL.
The secret to making a long evening of - sm


transcribing go a LOT easier:


A big bowl full of freshly-made, sweet, kettle-corn popcorn!


Oh....... YEAHHHHH !!!!  


Why are YOU attacking HER? Just because she doesn't want kids, doesn't mean she needs a psychi
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Ah, you've discovered the secret of working at night!! Shhhh....

Everyone will be doing the same! I work nights and weekends, have for years and years.  Don't worry - you will get used to it, and its GREAT! Most companies will pay a higher rate for nights, you NEVER run out of work as long as you're on acute care, dictators are usually GREAT - don't know why, but have always been for me, and same on weekends.  Never a lack of work on my end for over 10 years!  You won't find me scrambling to literally pull the dictation out of a doctor's mouth, along with 100 other MTs signed on waiting to get 1 poor report to trickle thru...But remember - its our secret!