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Something FISHY about Iridium Services. After passing test and signing HIPAA - they disappear into thin air

Posted: Mar 05, 2010

Did we just help them get rid of their backlog?

Iridium - RLee

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I did their test, but did not sign the HIPAA for the testing. I received an email yesterday stating -

Good afternoon,

Thank you for taking the time to apply for the position at Iridium
Services, Inc. We greatly appreciate you taking the time to apply
and test with us.

We received a large number of highly qualified applications for the
position. It is our top priority to select a candidate who best
matches the skills and experience required to excel in the current
positions available. After careful consideration we have decided to
pursue other options for this position at this time. Please note
that your resume will be kept on file for 6 months, and we may contact
you in the event that there is another position we feel you are
qualified for.

We appreciate your interest in Iridium Services, Inc., and we wish you
the best of luck in your continued job search and future endeavors.

I wonder what they meant by - kb

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"we have decided to pursue other options for this position at this time."

I think it's just a round-about way to say... - sosmt

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thanks but no thanks.

Other opions - RLee

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I took it to mean "I was not qualified" for the opening for a neuro MT - even though I have 17 plus years experience in this particular speciality and felt comfortable with the audio. Maybe they wanted someone with over 17 years experience in neurology - lol - I don't know - I am moving on.

other options = other applicants. - no message

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That would most likely mean INDIA. - nm

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nm

I received the same message, - anon

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but I didn't even take their test! Something is off about this company.

Iridium - tinydancer

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You know, I understand your questioning but it is very disturbing to me to read these answers and think people might not understand that when you get hundreds of applicants it takes time to get through them all rather than just throw them in the round file. Give the company a chance to get this in control. Jobs are being offered, people are being trained, and if you signed a confidentiality agreement why the heck are you out here discussing this after pledging confidentiality in the first place?? There is nobody helping to get rid of a backlog. Speculation can make a really good thing look like crap.

to tinydancer, thats confidentiality for the patient not the company. - HIPAA NOT required to test unless reports go out.

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why would anyone make you sign HIPAA for a test? - justasking

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test files are supposed to be "dummy" dictations, i.e., not real reports to be sent to client, in which case, no HIPAA would be required.

they are getting their work done for nothing and covering their butts with HIPAA.

Call me old school, but they just flunked ETHICS-101 here. what nerve.

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