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Where can I go to find a JOB as a newly graduated MT?????? - Lisa

Posted: Apr 02, 2014

I just graduated the MT and Editor program through Everett Community College. Where can I go to find a JOB????? Any suggestions???? Thanks!

Let me be the one to break the news to you. - go back to school

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it's a dead and done field. Even MModal is training their MTs to become coders. Personally i'm back back in school, will get my associate's next month and start at the University in the Fall. Hopefully my job will last that long.

Good luck!

I second that. I'm applying everywhere that is not MT - and still waiting

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I hate to be a Debbie Downer but your post is my thought exactly. Hopefully OP does not become an MT. Do anything else, any job in healthcare, something, but not MT.

I've been actively applying for any job that's not MT since 2010 and only had 1 interview (didn't get the job). I'm trying to get out of MT BAD and can't post my resignation fast enough!

She will not be a transcriptionist anyway, she will be an editor of VR garbage and hate it.

Run - Do not walk

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I really wish these schools would stop with the lies to new students coming in on how wonderful the field is right now and how they can make a good living. Definitely go back to school and steer clear of the MT field. Unless you like sleepless nights, stomach ulcers, being poor, losing your home and car and being on antidepressants, well then this is the career for you. Good luck in whatever you do. May the force be with you.

exactly. that is why there are no posts on this board - there are no more new MTs

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just the dinosaurs of the past (including myself)

Speaking of dinosaurs - Old Pro

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Every day I thank G-d I was able to hold on until I had enough SS built up that I get a sizable check each month. I take small MT jobs from a friend's company for travel money. We live pretty simply. I would NEVER, ever advise anyone to go into MT at this late date. My own niece wanted to do it and I told her that, while it was her own business to choose whatever career she wanted,but I would NOT help her become an MT, as it is a dying field.I did not want to be held responsible when she could not pay her mortgage. (To the OP: I was an MT/MTSO for the better part of 40 years.)

Lisa - Old Pro

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I am so sorry, but with the competition out there (800 applications for every 1 job) I am afraid you are going to have a problem with credentials from a community college. Did you college use the SUM program? If not, give it up entirely. Good luck to you.

Ask your school - sm

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If they are teaching it, they need to tell you about jobs.

You should not have spent that amount of money and time to JUST NOW be inquiring about jobs. The time to investigate is BEFORE signing up.

You might be able to find something locally. National services sometimes take new grads if they can pass the test, but they usually only consider students from one or two schools. Everett is not one of them, unfortunately, You can still try.

Sorry, wrong school - see msg

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I'm sorry you didn't investigate MT courses before you chose the one you did. By the virtue of the fact that you have to ask anyone, is your answer as to what kind of schooling you had. A good MT program will direct you on job placement, resume help, etc.

Meanwhile, see if "one of the biggies" will test you. If you happened to have taken the SUM program, they just might allow you to test.

If you test and pass and they hire you, be certain to be training for/looking for another career outside of MT.

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