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Too much experience (a theory) - Anon

Posted: Apr 16, 2013

Someone recently posted a thread about having more than 20 years experience and being turned down by Nuance because she didn't meet their qualifications. It got me to thinking that maybe the trend with most transcription companies is to hire people who are competent enough to do the work but with only a few years experience.

Lots of the companies posting on job site boards only require one year experience. Perhaps the thinking is that someone relatively new to the field will be content with the low pay and poor policies while the veterans will quickly become discouraged with memories of yesterday.

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Perhaps that person has 20 years of just family practice, just cardiology clinic, just this or just that. Twenty years of what? Someone with 3 years of acute care experience is more qualified for an acute care position than the 20-year clinic person.

The real problem - old and burned out

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is that none of these MTSOs has an respect for the job. They continue to think they can hire newbies to work for less and get the same product they would get from an experienced MT. Hey, you just type what you hear!

They want recent acute care experience - anon

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If you recall, that poster said she had 20 years of multi-clinic experience, not acute care.

I have 15+ years and got hired by Nuance, so the theory they only hiring newer MTs doesn't seem to be the case.

Thanks... - Anon

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...for the clarification.

That's my point - No acute care

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I'm trying to say that 20 years of clinic (even multi-specialty) is not the same as even less experience in acute care.

Agree, it is not the same - anon

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There is a huge difference between typing acute care and clinic. I have done both and the fact is clinic work is extremely easy.

So, yeah, 3-5 years of acute care kind of does trump 20 years of multi-specialty clinic work. IMHO.

Agree - Acute care way different-nm

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Too much experience? - Anonoymous

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I don't know; different employers look for different things. I was qualified to work for Nuance and M-Modal (passed the Tier 3 test) because I have acute care experience; I've been an MT for more than 20 years. A friend who has been an MT the same length of time could not get hired at Nuance. Both of us took different paths but MT experience is not equal across the board. I have very little experience as a VR editor and I know that would limit me. You make some good points, but the other side of that is that the newer people might be more skilled in using the new technology. You know, it is not always the company who is to blame. Hiring less experienced people (i.e., younger) is not unique to MT, it happens all the time. Also, there is such a thing as being over qualified for a job.

My age landed me an interview - Anon

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I'm in my mid 40's and have been in this field for 19 years. I recently left Nuance after they bought out a company for which I enjoyed working. Just couldn't stand it any longer.

This morning I spoke with the hiring manager of a company (not transcription, thank God) who stated she was specifically looking for older, more mature employees. I have an interview tomorrow.

So I guess there are no hard and fast rules when it comes to age. Basically, it's all a crap shoot.

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