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Feel like I have looked EVERYWHERE - Tara

Posted: Oct 19, 2010

Where to look now? I feel like I have looked everywhere possible. I applied to a place in Minnesota. They had told me, "After we review all of your tests (which I passed) and your application, along with your online interview, you will be contacted." I have not yet been contacted, and that was on 9/22. I have emailed them and everything, and they have not responded. I was thinking about calling them, but should I even bother?

Also, I had advice from my mother to take the job I was offered from DIT. I turned it down, and I was glad I did after I read all of the stuff posted on here about them, just to keep my experience up. I said I wanted to get paid. She said, "If you don't get paid, at least you will have the experience." I never contacted them! I want a job! My advisor/professor told me that the woman from Medical Voice Technology Services would call me after looking at the resumes, etc. Well, she hasn't! I have sent her my resume and cover letter many times. She hasn't even called me to offer me a job. A bunch of the students in my program got hired at that company! Part of me thinks that my advisor/professor has something out for me! All she keeps saying is, "Keep trying, you'll find something!" Well, I have applied to every single company I could think of, and have I gotten a job? No! So frustrated!

I'm with you... - stay positive

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I have been doing this for 7 years. I had a very similar situation happen, and hmmm, it was from Minnesota. I passed testing, did a phone interview and was told I met all the things they were looking for. I was told I would hear something within a week. A week went by nothing. The next week I got an email that said that location decided not to hire and they were going to send my info to another location and would hear something back.....again nothing for 2 weeks. Then got an email saying after further review they decided they couldn't utilize my skills to the best of their abilities, WTH does that mean? Is that like saying you're over qualified? That company has since posted 2 ads for the same job. Whatever! I have applied for numerous jobs, passed many tests and nothing. I was starting to get really down, worried about not having enough work and started applying for jobs outside of transcription, just so I would have enough income to cover my bills.
About 2 weeks ago I found a transcription ad on my local craigslist, applied and spoke with them this week. Yesterday I ran into another local transcriptionist who has a bunch of accounts and said she has a new doc coming on and could use me. These local 2 are not in any speciality I have already worked with, but they are both good prospects and pay a lot more than bigger companies are offering.
Check as much as you can locally. It's not always easy but I think you may have more luck getting in with someone locally who is willing to work with you and help you get your foot in the door. I actually started locally, and ended up going from local to a few small businesses, to bigger national companies. I saw my pay drop along the way. I am excited to have these new local jobs again, and more excited that my pay will go up!

Have looked at Craigslist - Tara

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I have looked at Craigslist before and everyone says 2+ experience! I am so lost as to where to look, what to do! So frustrating!

I would suggest following up all applications a few - days later with a phone call, just to -sm

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be sure they even received your application. Sometimes they don't upload properly when you send them out. So even if the site says "No Phone Calls", I would still call just to be sure they received the application.

If they did, I think it's perfectly reasonable to ask if there is a specific time-frame in which you can expect to be contacted about the job.

In the meantime, while waiting for that contact (which may or may not ever come), continue looking and applying for other jobs. You wouldn't want to miss the perfect job somewhere down the line, if you were instead waiting to hear back from this company.

If the recruiter or human resources department gets your call to verify receipt of your application, then at the very least, they know you're serious about wanting the job. And if they give you a hard time about having called to ask about the application, even after you explain that you hadn't heard back and were concerned that your application didn't upload properly, then you probably don't want to work for them, anyway.

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