Advantage of using interns

Posted By: Jen on 2008-08-01
In Reply to: What is the advantage to you (SM) - Peggy

Why do we use interns? Good question. Two reasons. One is that we cannot find enough "real MTs" to do voice recognition. It is a different skill set that experienced MTs are not used to using. Therefore, for the most part, experienced transcriptionists have a harder time getting used to doing it and being as productive as they are used to being. The second reason is that it is a fabulous way to get into the transcription business. We hire 100% of our interns who successfully complete the program, which is usually about 90% of them.

This type of work is mostly editing which is the future of transcription, like it or not.

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Internships - Jen
- Internship Info - Kris
- Internships - Anne
- Jen, would you mind emailing me info too? - Marie
- Jen - I have emailed you. nm - Chrsitina RTMT
- What is the advantage to you (SM) - Peggy
  - Advantage of using interns - Jen
    - Reading between the lines, the work is coming - me
      - You're wrong - Jen
        Now I feel badly... - Jen
- Where is this located? - Chrsitina RTMT
  - interships are home based - Jen
    - Internship Info - Amanda
      - Internship info - Kelley
        Internship Information - Danielle
        Intership - MT
        Internship information - Shanti
        Answer to Intership - Fischbowl

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Are interns paid for the work they do? (see inside)
I see there is a fee for this program. If one has to pay a fee, and do work without pay, it doesn't sound like such a great deal for the newbie.

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I never heard it called that. I went to MT Advantage and got a job offer before I even finished. The recruiter said I did better on the test than any other applicant he had seen in a long time! Don't believe what other people tell you; do your own research.

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I had a job before I graduated. The recruiter said that I scored higher on the test than any graduate that she's tested in a long time. To be honest, I thought the test was pretty easy, but maybe that is because I had to do all the reports on all 3 SUM CDs before I graduated. I did a lot of my studying at night. What was very helpful to me is that I could call the office and someone would always answer to assist me. I think in the year it took me to graduate, there was only one time when I had to wait 1/2 hour on a Saturday night to get ahold of someone to help me. I liked the student message board we had and the Thursday night chats were informative and helpful.

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If you need employees, what is the advantage to your company of using interns rather than just hiring well-qualified new graduates directly into "real" MT positions?

Any MT Advantage graduates?

I'm looking at the MT Advantage Career Center. I would like to hear from anyone who has taken their course. I'd like to know how successful their students are at obtaining jobs after completing the course.

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Hi Everyone:

In researching MT schools, I found MT Advantage Career Center. I searched this forum and found only one post from a successful graduate. If there are other graduates of this school, I would certainly love to hear from you. I do know that they are not on the AHDI website, but from my research there are other good schools that are not listed on the AHDI site (like local colleges.)

I've called the school and asked questions from a representative, but I would love to hear from the graduates..did the course prepare you for the real world of MT, were there REAL instructors, etc.

PS: I have already researched Andrews, M-Tec, and Career Step.

Thanks!

It's called taking advantage. SM
Two weeks at no pay? Two year contract? Please. More like 2 years of indentured servitude. Good luck with that.

solid education is right! Your advantage with the comm. college is you have credits so when...

you go back to school for your next job you will be ahead of the game. The gals with M-Tec, Andrews, etc. will have to start at the beginning, English 101 and Speech. And Jennifer, as far as the opinion that "those with 'local community college' education are sorely lacking in even the basics to be a success" - I just hired a newbie with community college training and she is outstanding! So my experience has been it doesn't matter where you went to school - if you're good, you're good and it will show on your testing

. Good luck on your job search. Search this board's archives. The question gets asked here ALL the time. It's not unusual for a newbie to have difficulty landing the first job.