The question I am asked most often by new medical transcriptionists is how to get their first job. Most transcription jobs require experience as the medical providers do not have time to train new transcriptionists. So, how do you get experience if you have no experience? That is the struggle for beginners.
The good news is that there are transcription companies that will hire you and train you. Hospitals and clinics usually use a transcription company to do their transcription mainly because they don't have the time or personnel to train an inexperienced MT.
If you have taken a medical transcription course you were probably told to call the hospitals and clinics in your area or write them a letter about getting a job. Also to place ads in the newspaper, read the ads in the newspaper, and to contact medical transcription companies to see if they are hiring inexperienced MTs.
I got my first MT job by answering an ad in the newspaper from a small transcription company. I was in my last weeks of school and didn't do very well on transcribing dictation at the interview, but I was hired because I did know the medical terminology very well.
All of the above can work if you persist and don't give up. I recently had a new MT email me about trying to get her first job and I told her about all of the above methods. Then I told her to be sure and go to the MT forums such as MT Desk and ask there about who was hiring beginning MTs.
She did go to MT Desk and in less than two weeks she had a job. She found out which companies were hiring inexperienced medical transcriptionists and the first day filled out some online applications. She had a telephone follow-up with one of the companies later that week and the next week she was hired.
There are more transcription companies hiring inexperienced MTs than there once was. You wouldn't be starting out at a very high rate of pay but as your experience builds so will your pay. The MT forums will know who those companies are. You can also network with other new transcriptionists and get good advice from seasoned professionals.
So get started today, visit the forums, ask questions and get that first job.
Marilyn Roberts
Medical Transcriptionist
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