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Any companies hiring new graduates?? - Lee

Posted: Feb 05, 2010

Are there any companies hiring new graduates? I can't seem to get my foot in a door. Everyone wants experience.

Something Every School Knows - Who likes to hire their graduates-see message

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Talk to your school. Each and every school has some employers who really like to hire their graduates whenever they have openings. Your school knows where their graduates go to work.

In the awful chance that none, or few, of their graduates get or keep jobs, that's a problem.

That's when you just have to see if you can test well with any of the employers that will allow you to test. Once you test and find out how you did, you'll know one of two things. You did well, so your skills are marketable. You didn't do well, so your skills are not marketable.

Where do you go from there? I don't recommend just enrolling with a 2nd or 3rd school as some do. That would be a time when you look at whether this is a good fit for you. Here's some information to seriously consider. I found it somewhere from a survey of MT employers. I think it's really helpful to those who are considering a career in MT, but maybe aren't ready, and those who got pressured into it when it really wasn't right for them or they weren't right for it. Take a look at it and let me know what you think.

FACTORS IMPACTING MT SUCCESS AND FAILURE

â�¢ Adequate speed, desire, and ability to meet quality production requirements
â�¢ Choice of employment options
â�¢ Willingness to accept direction from supervisors
â�¢ Understanding when to ask for help and motivation to make that effort
â�¢ Work-at-home office environment appropriate for production transcription
â�¢ Self-discipline when working from home without direct supervision
â�¢ Technical issues such as condition of computer equipment and internet access/speed
â�¢ Flexibility to adjust work schedule to meet market needs
â�¢ Use of available resources, including school placement assistance
â�¢ Determination and perseverance throughout the new medical transcription orientation process

not the OP, but thank you for your reply. Usually, - testing

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when applying, one is lucky to even receive an answer, it almost never contains the "score" of the assessment test.
The usual answer is:

Thank you for applying and taking the pre-employment test. We are not hiring at the moment, but we will take your application into consideration when we are hiring again....." Etc.

Does this mean that I passed the test?
I assume I did. Or?

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