Typically work history matters more than experience - PDF Posted: Dec 11th, 2021 - 6:55 pm In Reply to: Not the case at all - Princeton
In college, I was taught that most hiring managers look at how long you stay at one job, why you left (voluntarily or involuntarily), and whether there are any gaps in your employment. If your resume lists 10 different transcription services, if you voluntarily quit each service to go work for another one, or if there is a year between jobs here or there, it's big points against you.
If every transcriptonist out there has 20 years' of experience (and it seems most of us do), that means that transcription experience doesn't matter at all.
Personally, on my resume, I have a combined 21 years' experience working at 4 different transcription services, the longest 10 years, the shortest 4 years. Two of the jobs I was doing at the same time. On my resume, I list the transcription companies I worked for, the hospitals I worked with, the hours and days I typically worked (nights and weekends), and I provide the reason why I left every job (if I'm not still working there). I've never left a transcription job voluntarily. I've only had accounts fall out from under me or got laid off. I've never spent even a month in between jobs.
I just did a job search last month after my second transcription job lost the primary account I was working on and they had nothing else to offer me. (I'm still at that job, but only work 30-45 minutes per day.) I sent out resumes to 6 transcription companies, heard back from 4 (the other 2 I'm not even sure are still in business, but I had applied to them years ago and they were nice enough to merit a resume again), and got 3 offers (one never called for the interview they scheduled, so I guess they found somebody else). I started at Princeton on the 1st of this month.
In summary, hiring managers aren't looking for the most experienced transcriptionists. They're looking for the best worker who is going to stick around for years. If your resume does not reflect that in spades, you might be passed over for positions that you feel you are qualified for, because the hiring managers are choosing applicants they feel are going to stick around longer.
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