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Any Advice for a New Grad? - JulieBob

Posted: Jun 01, 2010

I just graduated from the At-Home Professions Medical Transcription course and would like to work from home. Looking at job listings it's hard to know which compmanies listed are reputable. Also hard to know if there's any hope for me to be hired by a transcription service right out of ther gate. Any advice or words of wisdom? Thanks!

Don't give up - WorkingMT

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My only advice is to keep looking. When I graduated about a year ago I spent about 2 or 3 months applying to any and every transcription place I could find and eventually I ended up getting a response and now have two jobs.

It may seem hopeless at first but there are jobs out there, you just have to be persistent. I can tell you from experience DO NOT work for DIT Transcription. They do not pay their employees. I'm currently owed over $2000 from them and wonder if I'll ever see that money. Most places will only hire someone with 2+ years experience so beware of companies who will hire you immediately with no experience.

When I first started I was working for two places that just did transcription, not medical transcription and I was able to gain experience that way.

ANP Transcription and Accutran Global are two such companies.

Hope this helps a little. Good luck with your search.

Working MT - Old MTSO

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I really hope all you folks who got, well, you know, by DIT will sue the socks off of them!

Thanks for the Advice - JulieBob

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Thank you for the advice, however, after reading several other posts about At-Home-Professions and their reputation in the field I'm about to reach for the hemlock. Is it really regarded that badly? I didn't feel like I was given just "busywork" quizzes and taught nonsense information, and I felt the dictations were challenging and required quite a bit of research. I have to say I feel like I just flushed a whole bunch of money away (I didn't think I was doing it on the cheap). I have to say I'm very depressed by the general tone of most of the messages I read. Everyone sounds so bitter, frustrated, discouraged or cynical!

JulieBob - Old MTSO

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We are not bitter, frustrated, discouraged or cynical. We are,however, realistic. If anyone is frustrated, it should be the people who have received less than adequate educations from one matchbook or the other and now cannot get jobs or if they do get hired, cannot meet the rigid standards of the MT world. It would be interesting to have a "transcription comparison" between someone from one of the other schools (Andrews, M-Tec, etc.) and a matchbook. It would be interesting to scientifically quantify the differences in production, interpretation, etc. I can tell you that there are many schools out there that recruiters and other MT pros just don't like. There is a reason for the antipathy. We have had experience with some of their grads who have been poorly trained and it is heartbreaking to see them come to a job thinking they know what they need to know and not know it. Remember, no one of can know what one does not know. I am not saying that this applies to your particular situation at all; I am just stating what has been the general experience of many people in the MT world. Please don't reach for the hemlock! :) No need to do that. You might want to consider other educational options--or not. You might want to call companies you hope to work for when you are finished and ask their recruiters their opinions, etc. Don't base your feelings on what you read on a transcription board. Talk to as many different people as you can who are in the transcription world. Don't give up.

Contact Grad Services - Paige

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I'd suggest calling At-Home Professions' Graduate Services Department. I know they're available to assist with the job search so you may want to consider contacting them to get their input and suggestions. They can help.

Don't get discouraged! I think the job search is challenging in most fields right now. I know you didn't waste your money and I'm sure you got a good MT education. Hang in there!

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