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Just another familiar vent about applying for jobs, testing, etc. - anon

Posted: Sep 22, 2010

I am thankful to be working for a company who provides plenty of work, easy platform, great QA, greats supervisors, etc., but the pay lacks, so I have been looking off and on for something a little better, again, pay-wise.

I received an email today from a company, who has had great reviews on this board, about testing for them. So, I open the attachment and there are 14 pages in the written portion of the test, once that is completed and if I pass that, I then have to take the transcription portion of the test. At this point I closed the test and deleted the email. Seriously, 14 pages for a test????

I have now decided that I will keep the job that I have and instead of working 12 hours a day just to tread water, I will try 14 to hopefully gain some. This is just really frustrating. I have over 25 years experience, multispecialty and acute care, virtually all specialties and to have to spend that amount of time on the written test is just ridiculous, in my opinion.

Thanks for listening ... vent over.

Testing - nn

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I feel the same as you. I will stay with what I have. I am burned out on testing. I don't have TIME to take these tedious tests. sigh!!!!

Could not agree completely! I tested for a company a couple of weeks ago (sm) - anonMT

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and it took me three hours to complete between the written and transcription portions. In my opinion that is ridiculous! I have over 25 years experience in this profession and would think that would be enough to at least get my foot in the door without that amount of extensive testing ... NOT!

I have decided, at this stage, that since I am not desperate (yet) for a job that I will NOT take any tests that will take longer than an hour and even that, in my opinion, is still way too long.

testing - sm

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I have over 21 years experience in five different specialties. Over the past year or so, I have applied for numerous PT positions (one of my physicians has recently retired) directly related to the specialities that I am comfortable in. Every time, I have to take a test that has nothing to do with the specialty that the company is advertising for. I always get the same reply - that my written portion was perfect, but while my transcription portion was very good, it was not "good enough" for the position. If I am applying for an ophthalmology position, why am I taking a test that does not have one single thing to do with ophthalmology??

The other problem I am finding is that I can't seem to find out hours, days, cpl, etc. without testing first. This seems like such a waste of time for me and for the company as they may be hiring for days/hours that I am not able to do.

Thanks for letting me vent as well!!

Burned out on testing - Julia

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I also need a better job with better pay, but I don't have the time to take the tests as well. Before I landed the job I have now, I spent so much time testing that it was like a job in and of itself. What gets me is that you don't find out of the particulars of the job until you have spent an afternoon testing! On the other hand, I did receive 3 job offers which did not require testing. All 3 were for voice recognition and the pay was absolutely dismal.

testing - MTer

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I am so glad I am not the only one having testing issues. I have now been turned down by several companies after having passed the question portions of tests with flying colors. Then comes the transcription portion and I lose out. My accounts have always come with templates so that I don't have to set up a report from scratch. These tests are sooooo frustrating! It is like having a full-time job just to test!

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