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Employment advice - LindaH

Posted: Aug 31, 2011

In a nutshell, I graduated from Career Step in 2007 with High Honors and worked for TRS for a year. I was happy at TRS and produced quality work (98.5% accuracy). Then life intervened and the past few years have been rough.

The good news is, I survived I would like to get back into transcription, but I am having a hard time filling the "recent" experience qualification most reputable companies have. In an attempt to refresh my skills while I am waiting on rejection emails, I am taking an RMT review class through M-Tec. While a few things are rusty, it is amazing what I still know!

Any advice on companies I should look into or what I can say/do to make myself more hireable? I would like to learn VR, but right now can't afford any of the online classes. I would rather learn on the job, if that is possible.

Thanks in advance,

Linda

Some thoughts - sm

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First, most companies will overlook the experience qualification if you test well. If you don't test well, it doesn't matter how recent your experience has been. As far as "learning VR" is concerned, it's the same thing. If you had really good training which included editing, don't buy into that myth that you need additional training. If you didn't have solid training with heavy emphasis on editing, it's not going to help. It's just a marketing thing that everyone is pushing these days. First you need an MT course, then you need an advanced MT course, than you need another one to teach you something else that would have been included with a solid course anyway. You're just falling for the latest version of high-pressure sales that some of the schools are promoting. Then they will get a new consultant that will convince them that they need to promote some other course that you just have to take because everything else you studied was inadequate.

You either had solid training before or you didn't. If you did, you'll test well and be hired. If you didn't, none of these Band-Aid or 'ideas-of-the-month' promotions will help.

You've worked for one company. Sometimes that's good and can mean that you did great work that other companies will also consider good work. Sometimes it means that you happened to luck into a company that accepted the kind of work you do, but other companies don't agree--unless you can pass their transcription employment tests. There are some companies that will look to see where an applicant went to school or where they worked and throw out their application. You just have to find a company that thinks that your past education and work experience was a good one. Then you have to pass their test. If you can do that, you're in good shape. Good luck with your job search!

Very well said! - radee

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Couldn't agree more. Do not pay for any more training. Just like the above poster said, if you're good and you test well, you'll be hired. Good luck!

Thank you for the advice - Linda H

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I contacted the company I applied to this morning and explained my circumstances. They were more than happy to reset my application so I could test. It pays to be persistent.

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