Medical Transcription work from home is a tough field to enter. My customers have told me that companies want you to have a minimum of two years' experience before they will consider hiring you.
I do have Medical Transcription job listings, but every one of them states that they require experience.
However, one of my customers, fresh out of training, told me that she offered to do some work for one of these companies at no charge, so they could judge her abilities, and was hired afterwards. I imagine her work was of very high quality and her turnaround excellent. I don't want to mislead you by telling you about her, because she strikes me as an unusually competent and professional individual. But she has shown that it is possible.
Many of my Medical Transcriptionist customers have chosen to accept other kinds of work while taking additional training, or while trying to crack the job market, or to fill in when their work load is not sufficient.
One opportunity in particular, found in the "How to Earn Money with your Computer" section, is particularly suited for people with a medical background.
Another alternative is typesetting. It does not pay as well as transcription, but it pays better than data entry or word processing. You can learn more about it by clicking on Data Entry.
In the meantime, I've asked an experienced MT who works from home to give her opinion in response to this page. Here is what she said:
You are right about MT being tough to get started in. But the pay is so promising, (because it is paid by the line instead of by the hour), that if people can afford the slow start, it really has a higher ceiling than other jobs that are similar.
I think it is important that they research the field thoroughly and make a really strong commitment to doing it for the long term for it to pay off. But it really is possible to learn without taking a formal course, even home study courses.
There are nurses and others wanting to stay home with kids, and they are quick studies.
There is such a shortage of MTs, I expect companies and hospitals to start offering on-the-job training. They are going to be forced to it because the work is increasing.
If you have not already found the MT Daily site, it will be a fantastic resource for you. Bookmark Work@Home and then go take a look. :-)
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