but that's not the relationship MQ has with them

Posted By: insider on 2006-05-07
In Reply to: not the poster who said this but.....sm - read inside - anyone referring to CareerStep

career step is the business that handles ALL the hiring/testing for MQ. we contracted them to handle this for us. we don't "refer" anyone to them. if you come into the company now, your testing and hiring is handled through them.

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New Graduate - Lavanda
- Please see inside for info on grads/Spheris/CareerStep - CS also provides training for MQ
- If you graduated from CareerStep, M-TEC, or Andrews, - many employers will waive experience. - sm
  - Here's a link to what a Career Step grad herself says about it... - Bill
    - My experience - NewMT
  - waive experience so you can test. woohoo. - Mimi
    - Some companies won't even let you test unless - you're from one of the top 3. NM
      - Yeah, like one company maybe out of multiple hundreds. Misinformed. nm - tiredmt
      - The operative word being SOME...but not very many - that I have seen.
        You're absolutely right! - sm
        Determination + a bad progam = failure on the job - CMT
        Big name=big money when you-sm - workingmt
  - With all due respect, that is simply BS. Please prove to me that MTSO will waive experience - MTSO
    - I've seen awful work from "experienced MTs and good work from new graduates - CMT
    - So because YOU don't do it, that means NO ONE does? - sm
    - Upon graduation, I received a lengthy list of companies (see message) - M-TEC Grad & now MTSO
      - So YOU require experience of Career Step, though, right? - Older and Wiser
        For Career Step, yes. Their grads haven't done as well for me as M-TEC & Andrews - IMHO
        Career step and Meditec-sister courses-sm - mter
        Hmmm. I think this MTSO's opinion would "carry weight"... - sm
        LOL! That figures! - NM
        Career Step - MTHopeful
        Career Step - newMT
      - So you mean to tell me... - MTSO
    - Spheris will hire grads - Dee
      - Yeah, like who? Name names if this is so. Who would want to work for Spheris to begin with? They - skeptical
      - Career Step students PAY to train for Spheris - - hardly the same thing
        NO. Not all CS grads do. Those who want to be - part of the Spheris Training Track
        also not just ANY career step grads... - I'm Not Impressed.
        Spheris and Medquist get commissions for referring to Career step... - get out into the real world
        CS website says there is money to be made for those who promote the training program! - Misha
        I think you should re-read what you're talking about... - sm
        I'm just repeating what I read on the official CS website. If it's misleading, - Misha
        This is not true at all -- completely false. - Insider
        not the poster who said this but.....sm - read inside - anyone referring to CareerStep
        but that's not the relationship MQ has with them - insider
      - ANYONE will hire grads. That's not the issue... - MTSO2
        When did the poster say THAT???? - nm
        Dee said it. Look up above. nm - Not Dee
        She most certainly did NOT! - Read it again. nm
    - I agree. I have never done this and never will.nm - MTSO2
      - WHAT??? to say that if a newbie graduates from a top three, it makes - ILMT
        Nobody said that! - Dee
        Actually, someone did make the statement - sm
        I agree. People are seeing here what - they WANT to see. nm
- Saw a job on the Job Seeker's Board that was an internship, no experience needed - Old MT
  - internship - Tina Starkey
    - Can you say "SCAM"???? - BOO
    - There's another one where you DO get paid... says - MTSO
      - Oooh... 3 cents per line. - Somebody stop me! nm
        Don't apply if you don't want it. - Nobody will stop you.
    - Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! Don't do it! NEVER pay someone - so YOU can work for THEM! Run!!! - nm

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