not the poster who said this but.....sm

Posted By: read inside - anyone referring to CareerStep on 2006-05-07
In Reply to: This is not true at all -- completely false. - Insider

Any company that does refer to them does get commission....and all kinds of other info at the link provided below

http://www.careerstep.com/site/type=af/page=faq-af

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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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you did mean this for the other poster RIGHT?!
cause you aint saying nothing that pertains to my comment to the other poster.

When did the poster say THAT????
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poster clearly said what client wants.....NM

I agree with the poster sm
It took me five years to be "good" and I worked for a multispecialty service. I took all the work no one else wanted, as I came in later because I had kids, so they took all the good work and left me the ESL's. I didn't like it, but I tried hard and then I moved on to be self-employed. Those years of blood, sweat and tears paid off. Later when I had enough work to hire people, it was amazing how many thought they could just walk in off the street with a few courses under their belt. It just is not going to happen without the hard work first, they don't teach you enough in school to fit on the head of a pin. You have to walk the walk first, believe me, grab what you can and learn from it, you will NOT handle it right out of school unless you tough it out with someone else for several years. You will sweat it out, just keep learning. Take what you can and learn from it. School alone won't do it.

I agree with this poster
Try coding

I agree with poster.
You are right. Ideally, only those with excellent grammatical skills will enter this profession. When I was hiring in-house transcriptionists, I gave them an untimed typing test. I knew I could train them in the terminology; it was the English/grammatical skills I was looking for. If it is not brought into the field, it will never be learned. Good posts, both of you, and great advice to all - including experienced transcriptionists.

Sorry the first poster felt she had to
It isn't MY problem that you want to vent on me, so take it elsewhere. I didn't pick and chose an account, obviously. I had asked to have a certain type of backup account, they said yes, then gave me something completely different. Tell me how that entitles them to "knock me down a notch". If they didn't have anything they could have just told me, but they didn't; they put me on something completely opposite of what I asked for. I didn't bust my butt going to school to just sit here and do nothing because there is no work. I worked to get my education to put it towards working. If I wanted to sit around and do nothing I would not have gone to college.

Thanks to mt45 for understanding what I meant. I only have certain hours that I can work, and when I am on time coming into work at those hours and I have nothing to do because there is nothing there I get ticked off. I do not plan on taking time away from my kids to complete work when it does finally roll in. As for the other account, I have begged and pleaded and had been told I would be put on a certain account and was not. I am upset because of this. I would have rather had a "no" than what happened. At least I would have been able to start looking for other work sooner! As for anyone else who might reply, please do not take my first post out of context as the OP did; I am not trying to put anyone down or be condescending, I am simply explaining my situation.

The other poster was not rude - she was right s/m
It DOES make a difference what school she went to and if she cannot find a job, it can certainly be related to the school. Sad but true that a lot of people spend - waste - money on 'MT certificates' that are not worth the paper they are written on.

Nothing wrong with preschool. I think what the poster was saying is...
That there is a difference between preschool (two or three hours a day two or three days a week) is not daycare (six to twelve hours a day monday through Friday). There is nothing wrong with preschool. I am also someone who agrees that daycare is a necessity for some parents, it certainly does not have to be for the creative MT!

I also agree with the poster who wrote that people are kidding themselves by using "daycare" and "preschool" interchangeably because one sounds better. My daughter goes to preschool at our church two days a week for two hours. Daycare kids go in the morning and are picked up after six hours or so. There is a huge difference. One is primarily for "social skills" (preschool)and one is a place for the kids to go while Mom and Dad work (daycare).

As a former teacher who did work in daycare in college, I agree with "No Way, No How". I would not put my child in daycare unless I HAD to, and that would never, ever be if I were at home!

I expressed my sadness about the poster's overall
attitude, not just about her attitude about her kids. I have a right to my opinion, she to hers and you to yours. My 2 yo only goes 3 days a week for a limited number of hours...it isn't just _daycare_. I still work on the 2 days she is at home and I manage to produce 12,000 to 15,000 lines on those days, and yes, part of it is while she is in front of the TV but most of it is while she is asleep or playing at her different learning stations I have set up around the house. Why is TV the ONLY choice or why is putting a child in daycare a bad choice? If you don't know how to set up learning stations, LEARN! Dexterity skills are crucial at the ages of the children mentioned. Sorting and stringing buttons can keep a child happy for an hour at a time. I stand by my original post. I have a good balance of all worlds and it is working well for me but the focus of raising my child is not dependent upon developing a TV zombie and I don't believe that should be the attitude of any newbie starting out. That makes me sad for the newbie and the kids.

I posted it AFTER she told another poster to (sm)
kiss her, well, you know. That has been removed now though.

I agree with above poster/CAI grad also
I graduated from the course in 2004 and have been working since. I have nothing whatsoever to say negative about CAI. I researched beforehand and found it to be affordable, thorough, and yes, the director is great at communicating quickly and answering questions.

Agree with poster below. And we have way too many MTs and not enough jobs, especially for at-home
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I agree with other poster, M-Tec, Andrews, or Career Step (sm)
I have seen it happen many times when someone takes another course because it is cheaper and then cannot get a job. I had a couple relatives that took a local course because it was cheaper and they told them that they would be able to get a job and guess what? Neither can get a job.

I think most MT companies will not even let you take their test if you did not graduate from an accredited school or have experience. I know the big 3 are expensive, but you will save yourself from a big headache in the end. I did Career Step and it was expensive, but I think it was the least expensive of the 3.

Take our advice, do one of the 3. I think Career Step has a payment plan and probably the others do as well. I hope I have answered some of your questions.

Good Luck!

I had a post pulled once for mentioning my school because another poster had mentioned it (sm)

over and over again. When I emailed the other poster, she forwarded me an email from a moderator saying that the mention school we were discussing WOULD get our posts pulled because it was "not up to the standards" of this forum or something, no matter that we both managed to get jobs just fine working for them. I just thought that was stupid and it's no skin off my nose, but it did get posts pulled. That was at least eight months ago now, so if things have changed now, good, and they should have. But I still won't risk saying where I went to school. I don't rock boats.

re this poster's response consider the bad response