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Something smells really rotten - 7th child

Posted: Mar 14, 2014

Only 2 FIESA reports in the last 3 days? They usually tear me apart? And now, competency testing? They REALLY REALLY want to get rid of us I believe, especially with the new minimum wage laws. I'm sure every single FIESA point, the competency testing will all be recorded to use for reasons for dismissal so they can try to get out of paying unemployment.

What is this - competency testing

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You speak of? I have not heard of this. Is it to do with FIESA?

Hard to imagine how things could be worse than they are, but this sounds ominous.

what is this - - 7th child

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I hate to say this, but I received an email that the account I am on now requires quarterly competency testing. I am getting very worried. I don't know what this means....????

What is this - Pollyanna

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OMG - this is really scary!

MM had something like a competancy test. They had a cutesy name for it. It was a short video - with questions. Talked about common SM

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errors, i.e., there, their, they're. That kind of stuff. Common mistakes that are caused by carelessness. And there were questions after each section and you couldnt move onto the next section without getting all the questions right.

But it was a joke. After answering questions and missing some, you were shown a screen that showed you where the correct answers were in the text.

are we competent? - could this stem from...s.m.

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their preference for hiring newbies and then the subsequent discovery that clients do not like reports with lots of errors? I feel like we are all dumbed down to this new level because of this practice. Sorry to those of you new to this field, but a few months of course work can never replace decades of experience.

took the words right out of my mouth - nm

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xo

I trained for 2 years at my local college - and I can say that

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I came out of my classes more than ready to work on the accounts I have now. My teacher was a CMT long before she came to teach at the school. Not all newbies were trained in 6 months... It did take every day of those 2 years to get the skills I have know and the knowledge I needed to pass the RHDS(RMT)exam.

good for you, but sm - OP

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Congrats on your credentials, seriously. But I think my 15 years of actual in-hospital experience PRIOR to my MT career (of 30 years) prepared me much better than you.

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