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Okay, yet another person asks me "Where do you work?" - NCMT
Posted: Jun 12, 2011
I say, I work at home. They say "What do you do, and where do you work?" I say I am a Medical Transcriptionist, and I work for blah blah blah. They say "Are they hiring?". I say yes all the time. Then they say "Do you need experience or training?".
I am soooooooooo tired of this!!!!
People thinking they can do what I do, with no training and no experience! So, they say "Well, I will go to the website and fill out an application and see what happens." I say, good for you, go for it! Knowing full well, they will not get a job because they don't know anything about medical transcription. So what you can type 55 wpm!
Uuuuugghhhhhhhh.....people can be so simple sometimes!
Oh, and then there was the time this person said she was "certified" in medical transcription. Upon further questioning, I figured out she took a course in Medical Office Assistant! I thought it was strange when she said the school she went to just "gave" her a certification with no testing or anything. Simple!!!!!
Whew.....just had to vent about this. It just makes me so angry inside, but I smile on the outside. And think.....what an idiot!!!!
Where to do you work? - threedogs
[ In Reply To ..]When I am asked who I work for, I tell them I work on documents and have a confidentiality agreement.
Where do you work - 1mt
[ In Reply To ..]Why wouldn't you just tell anyone who asks that schooling/training is required in order to become a medical transcriptionist? You're selling yourself short by letting people believe that just because you work from home you must have a simple, mindless job. If someone thinks that they can just jump into this profession with no medical terminology background, put them to a little test and see what they can do. Give them some crazy medical term to spell or ask them what some medical term means. I would let them know that this type of job takes some training, knowledge and skill.
Maybe just next time tell her where she can apply and - take a quick little online test. :)
[ In Reply To ..]BTW, it's not just MTs and a waste of energy to take it so personally. Shockingly many people who never invested years of their own lives at school and work building complex skills literally have no idea of the giant gap between their abilities and those required of even moderately skilled positions, much less professional ones. Just consider some of the people many seriously consider worthy candidates for President of the United States for instance...
Oh brother, why did you have to make this political.....NM - Tired of it ALL BEING POLITICAL
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I found the perfect reply to such - questions - sm
[ In Reply To ..]When they ask if training or experience is required or do I think they could do this, my reply is this:
Sure you could! What you need to do is go to XXXX school (I name one here in town) for 1 year, then go hire onto XXXX hospital (here in town) and work for 3-5 years and then you can probably get hired to work at home.
They usually run off before I can finish. LOL
I use the same technique - and lose them at any mention of school. - crasks me up (no message)
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Got a call about this from my son's friend this - week.
[ In Reply To ..]Apparently she has looked for a job with no luck, so has decided that she can "do what I do." I love how people with no experience just decide to become a medical transcriptionist because they can't do anything else (ooops I guess actually that is why I am doing it -- my bad:)
When people press the issue - this is what I say (SM)
[ In Reply To ..]I ask "Do you notice how illegible a doctor's handwriting is when you get your prescription? Well, they talk the way they write."
Yippee! Bravo! - Kudos! Congrats!
[ In Reply To ..]x
When asked where I work, I tell them - "I work in a sweatshop". As MTs, we DO.
[ In Reply To ..]x
Why we work in a sweatshop! - NocturnalHooter
[ In Reply To ..]Because we don't make enough to run the air conditioner....ROFLOL!
LOL thanks for the laugh - nm - nm
[ In Reply To ..]nm
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