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companies that hire newbies - workin

Posted: Dec 03, 2009

I have a friend who is looking for an MT job. She is just about done with school. Can anyone help me out with companies who hire newbies? I know there was a list on here at one time, long ago, but I cannot seem to find it. I think it was actually on the "old" board.

Thanks!

job - school

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Where did she go to school? Do they not offer any assistance?

Local hospitals - Also check there.

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Some hospitals are willing to hire newbies and there are quite a bit of hospitals these days who have their MTs at home. The training is usually on site for a couple of months but when you consider the trade off of being an actual employee with benefits, it's really not that bad.

few and far between - Chrisi

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Just like the rest of us newbies she is going to have a lot of searching to do. The school I went to showed us all sorts of sites to go to to search for job openings. I was fortunate enough to work right out of school, but because a lot of hospitals are starting to do in-house transcription 25 people were laid off from my company, including me. Now, again, I am going to site after site looking for work. I have visited over 75 companies sites in the past month and have only been able to submit a resume to about 20. I understand how important experience is to a company looking for employees but it makes it that much harder for new MTs to get started. She just has to be very dedicated to looking for work and be extremely accurate on any employment tests that she gets. Best of luck to her, and all of us other newbies that are starting to regret choosing this as a career choice.

EmployedNewGraduate - HappyMT

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If she went to Andrews or M-Tec, she shouldn't have too much trouble. I went to Andrews and had a job with a large national MTSO within 6 weeks from graduating. Of course, having a good school to put on your resume only opens the doors. Once you get through the door, you have to have the skills to do very well on the employment tests.

"All of us other newbies" are not regreting choosing the career. There actually are some of us that are employed and happy with it. I do know the majority are not, but there are plenty of us who are happy with our choice and did not have significant trouble finding a job.

If a new graduate can devote a lot of time to applications, that furthers the odds for success. I put out about 70 applications within 3 weeks of graduation and before I was hired put out about 155. I treated it like a part-time job. If they said they didn't accept new graduate applicants, I applied anyway. I followed up every application with a brief e-mail. If you have very good skills for a new graduate, if you can just get someone to let you test then you have a chance. You have to be aggresive, without crossing the line and being annoying.

From my own experience, the best advice I can give is to not let other people discourage you. I got a great job right after graduation and there is no reason others should believe they won't be as fortunate. Maybe they won't, but negativity does not accomplish much.

Companies that hire newbies - MTSO

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What school did she go to? Doesn't that school have a placement process for their grads? And--and this is not to be cruel, but only realistic--why should I or any MTSO hire a newbie when I am overwhelmed with resumes from MTs with 10-30 years of good, solid experience? Again, not trying to be cruel, just stating the reality of the economy. In any case, I wish your friend good luck.

Well bigger companies are best bet - Oswald

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well you can try big companies like www.medquist.com,www.infraware.com,www.precysesolutions.com etc.

Smaller companies expect experienced hands.

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