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mt classes - curious
Posted: Jul 24, 2013
I was at our county fair this afternoon (town of 2200) and I know someone who works in the on-line tech school office and she said that the MT classes are going strong and students are graduating and getting jobs, but apparently they are in-house. I am going to get the teacher's name and number and call her and see where they are going and how much they are making as this does not make sense at all. The place the classes come out of is about 80,000 people and I know that all the hospitals there do not have MTs anymore, just like my small town the doctors are doing the Epic program and do it themself. I am so curious where the jobs are.
I told her I have been doing this 39 years and cant' retire but can't get a job. So, what is happening?
Jobs are going to India and the Philippines. - MT now minimum wage
[ In Reply To ..]I doubt you are being told the truth about graduates getting jobs and also whether or not they are earning a living wage.
MTSOs are also wooing hospitals to outsource, plus a few despicable companies are swallowing smaller MTSOs. More clients are letting the MTSO send the work offshore because it is so cheap. Never mind the quality - they just want something on the chart.
Also, large MTSOs have software divisions are are out in force selling their VR software, thereby eliminating the need for MTs.
She was either lying or in the early stages of - dementia. NM
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I would have to agree with that assessment. - nm
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Just plain lying's my guess, of course. - The only I could see that being true
[ In Reply To ..]would be if a local medical center were taking the work back in house and requested a local college train people for future jobs. But you seem to know what's not happening.
MT schools like other trade schools on-lines are all scams in my opinion - mn
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where the jobs are - curious too
[ In Reply To ..]Don't believe what you hear at a county fair or on a TV ad for on-line MT training.
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