Other (non-medical) transcription... - Still cranky, still on the beach Posted: Nov 18th, 2019 - 11:36 pm In Reply to: How do I get started? - Heather
But before I get to that... I actually went to school for cancer registry and finished everything but the practicum, and then realized I really didn't like it. Plus, I would have had to relocate to take a job.
Onward. Here's a way to find out whether you even have an aptitude for transcription, i.e. whether you can make the ears-to-fingers connection successfully. I'm not posting a link because that can be problematic on this board. Google Crowdsurf, read the instructions, and apply to take the test. If you pass, you can start transcribing short audio clips. It's a pretty rudimentary platform and it doesn't pay very well, but it's a good way, again, to see whether you have the basic skills needed for transcription.
And no, I don't get any kind of bonus for referring people.
I am a mostly-retired medical transcriptionist with 47 years of experience and a formal CMT credential, and when I left my last acute care job, I was not even making minimum wage, mostly because the work had dried up, but they had also cut our pay. I've heard things have only gotten worse there in the intervening years. So I agree with the recommendation NOT to try to become an MT, for all the reasons the other folks have mentioned, but also the fact that newbies have to compete for the remaining few jobs with experienced MTs who have been at it for decades.
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- How do I get started? - Heather (Views: 925, 2019-11-15, 11:34 am)
- I promise you this is NOT something you want to get into. - There is so much to say about it SM (Views: 1053, 2019-11-15, 11:41 am)
- Well that's discouraging - Heather Mortensen (Views: 713, 2019-11-15, 11:49 am)
- To Heather - Check Indeed (Views: 755, 2019-11-15, 11:59 am)
- MT - bj (Views: 629, 2019-11-18, 8:50 am)
- To Heather - No, no, no (Views: 663, 2019-11-18, 2:28 pm)
- To Heather - see message (Views: 590, 2019-11-16, 4:21 pm)
- Thanks for the reality check - Heather (Views: 753, 2019-11-15, 5:13 pm)
- Uber is good, a lot of call for that, and Door Dash or any - food delivery is good. nm (Views: 511, 2019-11-15, 5:27 pm)
- Uber IS Good - MT/UBER (Views: 352, 2019-11-23, 3:04 am)
- Uber - sm (Views: 394, 2019-11-23, 3:36 am)
- I THANK YOU - MT/UBER (Views: 437, 2019-11-23, 6:18 am)
- Cancer Registry - A real job (Views: 1025, 2019-11-16, 8:09 am)
- lol - nm (Views: 582, 2019-11-16, 10:40 am)
- Other (non-medical) transcription... - Still cranky, still on the beach
- I also went - through a coding course. sm (Views: 382, 2019-11-24, 8:57 am)
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