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Its probably your system, not Word
There is a time delay because your puter probably isn't keeping up with you.  Clean out your computer and run a disk defrag.  That should help.
PS: If you are not running the required operating system, (sm)
contact me. I can crack anything.
Would the docs trancription system allow you to keep working for him from home? nm
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Does anyone even use the start-stop universal transcription system?
if u do i need your help!!!!!!!!!
searching for a job
 Hey I know what you are going through.  I have started to look for other type of work at this point.  I have taken alot of test but never know the outcome.  Im not a real great grammar gal anyway.  Nice to know Im not the only one. K 
Newbie searching for a job
I'm in Indiana.
Newbie searching for a job
The only thing that my school offers is an externship. I am required to do 160hrs. of unpaid work before I can get my degree.
Newbie searching for a job

I will have my Associates of Applied Science Degree for Medical Transcription in March and am trying to get an early start on job searching.  Does anyone know of any good companies that will hire someone at entry level?  My main goal is to do it from home so that I won't have to pay for daycare and basically be working just to pay a sitter.  If anyone has any suggestions they would be greatly appreciated!


Venting and Searching

Okay, I need to vent.  I've been at this study now for 1 1/2 years and am SOOO ready to be done with it.  I have become so frustrated with the online course that I am taking.  I get the hint they are severely understaffed, having to wait sometimes 2 weeks to get one transcript graded and back to me.  Now, I am ready to submit a transcript that they require a 90% target accuracy rate on and I need to ask them questions.  I have submitted 2 e-mails and called them now 3 times, only being allowed to leave messsages which noone will return.  They grade everything with such inconsistencies that it's impossible to know what to do anymore.  I need to know from them if they will mark me off for adding headings to a HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION or mark me off if I don't add them (I have been marked off for both).  And the doctor has put blood work in a separate paragraph than the physical exam.  I know I will not get a 90% and they will mark me off either way, so I wanted to get some advice from someone at the school!!!  BTW, this is Allied and I know they are hated here on this board.  I am just trying to do the best with what I have gotten and they are making it increasingly difficult!!  Thanks!



6 months and still searching!
;) So, I've taken the ball into my hands, and I must say, it hasn't helped!

I've applied to numerous companies that were willing to hire a "noob" but heard nothing back from any of them.

Does anyone know of a few more I could look up?

I graduated with a 97% accuracy, so I'm not worried there. Let me know! Any help is appreciated!
I found a job after about a month of searching
I have read the threads with so many negative comments about Softscript, but they do hire new grads.


Keep searching the boards for the info you seek. And go thru an MT program if you haven't already
k
I've been searching for quality MT school- glad I found this Board

It appears that everyone can agree on M-Tec or Andrews School--by the way is that Linda Andrews and not Andrews/Holbrook?


I want to get started with training soon and I'm having difficulty deciding.  I've taken both their tests and they both seem like good choices.  Decisions, decisions...


 


She's been trying to find...
I agree, there were some at the online course I took who have been 'taking' the course for 2 or 3 years. I suspect that to many the lure of $$ takes over with little concern for the amount of work and the responsibility of the job.
I can't find a job!!!
I just graduated about a month ago from Career Steps and I can't seem to find a job anywhere.  Everyone wants 2+ or more years experience.  I am going to try and go out on my own so I hope that it works.  Does anyone else find it hard to find a job that is new??
I can't find a job!
This is what I did 6 years ago while in the same position. Send a letter or flyer to all the speech and language pathologists in your area. It's easy transcription, but charge by the page. I currently charge $4.50 a page and do about 250 pages a month. These people are usually psychologists and don't want to deal with the line count thing. It worked for me. No ESL's and they pronounce each word correctly.
Good luck! E-mail me for more information.......resume@enter.net
I can't find a job!
No, speech and language pathologists are NOT PSYCHOLOGISTS. They are speech and language PATHOLOGISTS, which has its own separate certification and is very different from psychology.
How do I find them?
Could you give me a clue as to where I could start looking for these places that will give me an opportunity to sho them what I am capable of. This would solve child care and the fact I have no way of going anywhere.

Cant find a job
You need to find out what companies will hire Career Step graduates. They are partners in education with alot of transcription companies that will waive the 2+ years of experience. Check with your instructor from Career Step, to find out what companies to apply at. I graduated from Career Step- with honors, and it still took me just under a year to find a job. I happened to graduate at a time when no-one was hiring, so I had to wait it out. This is a hard profession to get into (working from home), unless you are willing to work on site for the first year or so.
can't find a job
I finally starting putting in my resume that I was tired of compaines not wanting to hire anyone without experience. That got my foot in the door and I will be starting with a company next week. Go for it don't let it discourage you. I too graduated from Career Step, BTW
You might find more help at
http://www.aamtstudentalliance.org/forum/
AND would like to find out what else to
study. Bought Stedman's Cardiology Skills Builder to further my skills.Would like to know another book I can study to improve skills without going to Andrews yet!

I am in AWE of the ladies who answer questions about words on the main board. They are amazing.
Can't find a job
I'm happy to hear that someone found a job.  I also graduated from Career Step in late December and can't find anyone willing to train.  They all want 2+ years experience.  I think the only training is in other coutries.  I'm getting discouraged.
She's been trying for some time to find
someone to tell her she can take the $1.95 MT course, then get a job making big bucks working only when she wants. She's been told the truth, she just doesn't want to hear it. And I don't care what you think of me, Carol.
It's hard to find...

someone to even give me a chance. I've been really lucky so far.


Thanks for the advice though.


where do the newbies go to find a mt job
I just granduated from my school as a Medical Transciptionist and would love to find a work at home job and everywhere I look they want you to have all this experience.  Where does one get that experience?  Please help!!!!
Why not contact them and find out?
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I can't find a website. I think
they should give more information about the company than they did if people are to send their sensitive information by e-mail.
The ones that I see above went to school and can't find
jobs.  They weren't nurses hoping to change careers.
I found out how to find that out.
It look like I am getting about 80 words a line. But as my line count per hour increasese, wouldn't I be better off because even the one word and partial lines count as a sentence? It doesn't seem like it would be that bad of pay. But, of course, I am a newbie and do not know the ropes yet.
Can somebody tell me how to find an MTSO?
I've tried google, but MTSO seems to be a common acronym for lots of things. Is there some key term I could search for that would point me toward potentially hiring MTSOs?

Thanks.
Also a newbie, but I find...
that when everyone is talking about minimum wage they are talking about it as a state thing. These companies are NATIONAL companies. Also if any company that only works in one state they cannot use anything outside of that state for the company in order to keep state minimum wage. Pretty much everyone should be looking at Federal Minimum Wage. At least I know most businesses in Michigan would get laughed at for trying to pay someone 5.15 an hour. The only people that still get away with this are the Universities that hire someone as a student worker and they even start at 5.50 an hour. That was several years ago as well. If we really want to get mad we need to look at what those burger flippers are making (which I have thought about doing). On average the hourly pay for a nonprofessional job here can be 7-9 an hour.

The only problem I have with flipping burgers is what if they make me work during the day. The amount of money that I would make wouldn't even begin to cover the cost of daycare. Even for a teen to come into my house and watch them for a couple hours I am going to pay at least 5 an hour. For a 5-day a week daycare facility it can run 1500-2000 a month for my 2 little ones. If they get sick or you actually get to take a vacation you still pay even though your child is not there. I can see a fee, but for the amount they are charging it seems a little out there.

If I had a bigger place I would probably go back to teaching privately as I did before children. This was my alternative career that I am hoping would turn into a great career. I love to keep learning and medical/science just works for me.

I think a problem that I see also in reading these boards is that MTs without children or other obligations seem to be working themselves into the ground. 80hrs a week I have heard of. So not only do we have to look at pay , but look at the ridiculous hours that are being done to make a livable income.

Just thought I would give my 2 cents. I agree with the pay issues. For the person that is making hourly pay at home... If you don't mind me asking, where do you work?

Thanks for your ear.

Jenn
how to find an MTSO
Thanks.  I know what MTSO stands for but I was having a hard time finding an MTSO in my area. I have noticed a lot of people say that a newbie is better off working for an MTSO to gain experience. But when I search for MTSO I get nothing. If anyone reading this works for or has worked for an MTSO, can you please tell me how you found them. Any info would be helpful. Thanks.
Where can I find additional info on GI

for use as a study guide? I would like information for working in the medical field.


 


 


Thanks in advance!!!


Did you find the job in a local ad or on a web site? Thanks! nm
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Sorry to hear that. I hope you can find one
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The only way to find out is to put together a kicking resume
no brainer!
I'm not sure...I'll try to find out the details
and let you know.
New MT, Can't find In-house work
As a new graduate everyone keeps telling me to start in-house instead of trying to get on with a national company. Sounds great except that the local hospitals around me all outsource to national companies. I have checked everyone. So where am I supposed to get my experience? Even though I know starting in-house would be the best place for me to learn as a new MT and have other MTs around to help and answer questions I can not find anywhere to work. Frustrated!!
I dont think it went through, cannot find it even in my spam. Nm
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If you school was any good, they should help you find a job. nm
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Great job! I hope you find a job

Let us know when you find a job. Maybe you'll be one of the lucky ones. nm
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Hard to find MT jobs for newbies

I attended TechSkills. The course was 32 weeks. I have a desire of being a transcriptionist. By me being a firm believer that I can make a career of being a transcriptionist, my positive attend has brought me a long way.


Hard to find MT jobs for newbies
Lisa, unfortunately I expect that you are going to have a hard time getting a job with your current English-language skills. Even from these brief messages that you have posted, it is patently obvious that English is not your first language. In any type of transcribing or editing position fluency in English is one of the first requirements; if you don't have that, you are not likely to succeed.

Hard to find MT jobs for newbies
Ian, Please consider a career in MT. I have been truly rewarded as my career has changed from working outside the home as a surgical technologist to a full time mom. The field is growing by leaps and bounds especially with all of the outsourcing that is going on. this would allow you to work at home if you wish and work at your own pace. You would not regret it. Now as for the school, VLC is an excellent choice, but remember that you get out of it what you put in it. I am a graduate and have been working steady for the past 2 years and am now preparing to take the AAMT certification.

Good luck on your choice.

How do I find a Newbie MT Position with No experience

Hi!  Just wondering I am new to this and I am still in school but really would like to start working ....How Do I find a Entry Level position...These companies don't want anyone without at least 2 years experience and Up..What about the rest of us?


Georgia


No, I was trying to find the article online because I don't have time
to scan it into my computer. I have to finish working at my "real" job because the trick or treaters are here already.
but the employers are going to fire you when they find out you misled them
When people put CMT after their name, they are assumed to have passed the CMT exam through AAMT. We could all put MD after our names too and call ourselves Minnie Duck, but we won't get far.
I find it fishy that someone would contact you for employment instead of the other way around.
nm
There are way too many inferior MTs - good ones will always be able to find work!
nm