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new to the industry - Laurieb51364


Posted: Jan 18, 2010

Hi, I am a recent graduate of a Med. Transcript program and am unable to find work for someone with less than one year experiance.  Any suggestions?

new to the industry - june

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Hi, I had the same problem several years ago when I first was starting in the business. What I did was go to work in an office through a temporary agency to gain experience and then I was able to get work at home after they saw that I was experienced. Best wishes to you!

new to industry - laurieb51364

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June, thanks. I have tried the temp agencies that do transcription in my area, they also are looking for experiance....... Not sure what else to do at this point.


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