Ok..I sen tout 10 resumes Saturday
Posted By: jill on 2006-12-11
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I sent out 10 resumes on Saturday to local specialty Doctors as well as several Chiropractors. I was wondering if any of you work from home or are based at the office of a Chiropractor? I love this type of dictation as well as the idea of being in a smaller practice. I know I can't be picky, but where did you all start out as being a new graduate and did any of you graduate from a Technical College? I received my certificate from our local tech school and am working on my Associate Degree as I stated in my last post. Also, what is considered "experience" in this line of work? How can I get experience if noone will hire me? SOrry for all of the questions. Thanks for helping!!
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Sent out 10 resumes
I started in the file room of a 6 doctor urology office 16 years ago and went from there. The only formal training I received was 2 semesters of medical terminology. The rest was learned on the job. The best thing, in my opinion, is to get into a doctor's office and get some experience that way. If nothing else, it will give you experience, which is what all the nationals require. Good luck to you.
Just keep sending in resumes.
I am still a student and was able to get a job. I do acute care, mainly OP notes. I applied everywhere. I was finally hired at a very low rate and I worked for a few months for the experience, then I quit because of nonpayment... Grrrr.  . So I started sending out resumes again. This time, I had added acute care (OP notes) to my resume and got several calls. I found a good job as a part-time IC. It worked out in the end. Just keep sending in your resume. I also send a cover letter with mine.
Good luck!! 
I just kept sending in resumes
I am still a student but I was offered a job working from home doing OP notes. I sent in my resume to several companies posted on the jobs board, along with a cover letter. I tested with a few places, passed, and found a good fit for me. I even turned down a few. So, jobs are out there. Keep sending in your resume with a cover letter and keep on trying.  Good luck!!
I looked at about 500 resumes
I looked at about 500 resumes from MTs we've employed lately. Just a small number come from M-Tec, Andrews or Career Step- about a half dozen. I didn't do anything scientific. I was just curious.
There seems to be an impression that these 3 schools are the only way to get educated in this field and get a job.
Our records don't bear this out. Most of our MTs come from Community Colleges (I call them Junior Colleges) and have a 2 yr degree. Our MTs come from all over the country too. From what I've seen, their curriculum is heavily slanted toward HPI which is an old stand by.
So that info is for all the graduates from other schools who may be fearful because of what is written here. AND again, I'll say that we don't hire any newbies without a short internship, but we pay well so we can be picky.
For what it is worth.........
Send in resumes and test everywhere that will allow it.
I applied to several places while I was a student, and some places will allow you to test even though they say they require 2 years experience. Some will waive the 2 year experience requirement if you have graduated from a medical transcription training program. I found a job at home while in school, so it's not impossible but it does take some time. Good luck!
There are companies that will hire from the resumes and do
not post ads, so posting resume if your best bet for an at-home position. You have to be careful though as there are some companies who are not honest companies so come here and ask or research the company board. It should be much easier for you having graduated from M-Tec.
I heard that were going review resumes after the New year.
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Keep sending out resumes via internet and locally -
There is nothing that can make up for your lack of experience. You can just hope someone decides to give you a chance. However, where I work we would rather hire someone right out of school who has gone to one of the Big Three than someone from another school with years of transcribing under their belt. Good luck to you.
Post your resume on all the various job boards, send resumes to
local clinics/doctor's offices, apply to local hospitals. As a newbie getting a job is hard, but some companies will hire you based on the school you got your certificate from. Some schools are better than others and if you didn't get your certificate from one of the better ones changes are harder of getting a job. Most likely you'll need to work in-house for a while. There are some companies that will offer you a job, many at low to no pay, and there are a few companies that are not legit, so be sure you investigate before accepting. If you have to fork out any money for equipment or software in order to get the job be cautious, especially if they require you to purchase it from them.
Search the boards and send out resumes, and review your grammar and punctuation
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