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You guys have inspired me. - JustMe

Posted: Mar 07, 2012

Well, it's time to go, guys. I'm saying goodbye. After 11 years in this field, I've enrolled in paralegal training. Like a lot of you, I figured transcription would get me through my working years with a home-based job and a decent wage that I could live on. Not so anymore. I still have a good job with a hospital, where my bosses claim outsourcing will never happen. Yeah, sure it won't. I went ahead and enrolled in school while I still have a decent income and the heart to learn something else (LOL), so at the very least, I've got something to fall back on later if my job does come to an abrupt end. Thanks to you guys who have posted stories about furthering your education in order to get away from this field. I find a lot of support in that and I'm sure a lot of others do too.

Wonderful choice! I'm considering that field as well. (sm) - JJC

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GREAT idea to start school now .... from someone who works at a hospital and is being outsourced and whose manager swore it would never happen.

Good luck, Smart Cookie! Please keep us posted as to your progress and how you are faring.

Same field I'm contemplating (sm) - AuntieAnxiety

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My niece is a family law paralegal and tells me the online courses are considered on a par with actual physical classes at the local college, which really inspired me since I can get my degree while working at my current job. She's looking into the various online courses for me and is going to let me know which, in her opinion, seems to be the most inclusive. I can't wait to get started.

Best of luck to the original OP and you, too, JJC...may we all find much success in our new chosen field :-)

Smart Cookies taking charge to the left and the right of me. =) - Makes Me Happy (nm) - JJC

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Paralegal - JW

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I took a semester or two for paralegal way back in the early 90s and decided against going into it because there was an abundance of law school students who could not pass the BAR and they flooded the market for paralegals. I loved the classes. They were a lot of fun and I learned a lot. Good Luck. You will enjoy this new venture.

Congratulations on getting off the merry-go-round!! - anon

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An inspiring story!! I am also back to school to get out of this! Congrats!

good for you - orthomom

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Good for you. Staying home with my kids until they graduated and being able to care for my elderly father were great perks to this job, but now I am afraid to even go on a job interview. I have been an MT for 21 years. I am in my 50s and was always a people person,working in physician offices and being a social worker, but the solitude of this job makes me anxious to try anything new. As does my age. I am so used to doing a job that is the same thing over and over, I don't know if I could handle the demands of keeping many balls in the air. Again, so happy for you. And, it is really nice to be around people, even though I have a terrific dog who keeps me company. LOL

Don't let your age stop you - Anonymous

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I will be 58 in July. I didn't do MT at home but have never done anything else, I've been woking I was 20. I've not been happy with the way MT is going and wanted to find something different. I took a coding class and have been going on interviews for over a year. I finally got a non-MT job. I've never been unemployed in my life but it looked as if that is where I was heading if I didn't make a change. It's scary starting over with something new this late in life, but we should never stop learning. With your background, your age should be the least of your worries.

Just went on my first face to face interview... - wheres_my_job

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...went off without a hitch - I too am 50-plus and an MT for more than a decade (closer to 2, but that is just depressing, so let's say "more than"). It was actually...fun! Look, someone at a desk asking if you have an app't - a real live person! A real live person taking you around the building! Talking to you! A little friendly banter, paying attention, saying a few things to demonstrate your interest in the job! So easy! People so friendly and fun! (You're right it wasn't a CEO job, but they PAY IS BETTER RIGHT OFF THE BAT!!!! And then RAISES!!!!!! PROMOTIONS!!!!! I tried not to laugh hysterically, act shocked, or respond like a person who just came out of a grim and dreary dungeon, blinking in the bright sunshine of a job WHERE THEY WANT TO PAY YOU A LIVING WAGE, and if you're good, THEY WANT TO GIVE YOU MORE!!!!!)

Okay, I'll stop now - I was in a state of high anxiety for days, and now I feel, hey, this is PHENOMENAL!!!! Even if I DON'T get the job - I still made it through the interview cheerful, professional, interested, motivated - like a real human being with a future!

OK, deep breath. Please remember these words when you go and interview: YOU CAN DO IT. Also: YOU MAY FIND THE INTERVIEW PROCESS IS FUN!

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