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I miss MT! - wondering

Posted: Feb 15, 2014

I work full-time in a clerical position. I don't really enjoy it but I make a decent living. I thought I would love typing for a living so I took the MT training from one of the best schools (expensive and labor intensive, as you all know), and got a p/t weekend job working for a MTSO. I quickly became jaded for the many reasons already discussed on this forum. I wasn't even making a babysitter's wage. I knew there was no way I could afford to quit my other job and do MT full-time, even with more experience. I'm sad about that, because I really loved the actual transcription work and the subject material.

Is it possible to do this type of work without having to work for an MTSO? For example, are there doctors or veterinarians out there who write books and articles and hire transcriptionists for that? Or something along these lines? I really miss the typing/writing aspect, plus I invested so much time and money into the training. I feel like this was my calling, so to speak, but I don't know how to make use of it.

Any ideas or opinions?

There's a site called - Elance

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where people post when they need a random MT type job done. You might give that a try. Some will probably say the money there is no good, but the people who post the jobs will give their budget right up front.

Yes! (sm) - wondering

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This is exactly the type of thing I'm looking for. Will check it out, thanks!

The rates are low, indeed. One of the jobs pays $60 for 5,000 lines. You could make more money - selling pencils

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I'll take it, $60 for 5000 lines is 12 cents per line - More than I currently make

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I would seriously check your math on that. - nm

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That would be 1.2 cents per line - nm

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nm

yeah that darn decimal point! - but still

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that job looks bad, but some of them don't look too bad.

Books and articles? - No

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Twenty-five years ago, there might have been a small market for it, but only if you were near universities that had medical schools. Even then, most of those people were faculty who had secretaries--the market was for students and fellows.

Today, all of those people have computers. They use them for everything ... email, note-taking, and writing. There is no longer a need to "do their typing." They just spent 8 years typing their way through classes in college and medical school, not to mention growing up with them, so they often type just as well as you do.

There is a market related to that, but it is for actual writing, not typing. Again, it is mostly students and fellows, because universities provide faculty with grant writers and editorial support.

Try flexjobs.com nm - mt

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