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Some people think that being in the Medical Transcription work from home field is tough to enter. Some think that companies want you to have a minimum of two years' experience before they will consider hiring you. This is not true! While committing to study and learn the field can be a tough decision and you do have to be self motivated and well organized to get through a study at home course (you don't have somone there to tell you when to work and what to do, you have to do it yourself!)but you can get through it with determination and sticking to a schedule. As for companies hiring MTs, there are many companies that will hire a NEW MT after they complete a course. Most of them post the jobs directly with MT schools, training programs, etc. so that the NEW MT has a chance to get their foot in the door. Once you have gotten a job as a NEW MT then you will want to build up your experience so that you can apply to the 1, 2 and 3 year + exp. job postings online for the more exp.MT's.

We do have Medical Transcription job listings, but every one of them states that they require experience because Dr.s will not post New MT Jobs online very much anymore due to the overwhelming response they receive from people that have never even heard of Medical Transcription. They just see No Exp. and apply, instead of seeing that it is for an MT that has taken a course and completed it successfully in order to be qualified for the No prior exp. position. This is why it seems hard to find a 1st time job as an MT! Also, when you take a course from a reputable company they will let you know which type job listing to look for that will take on New MTs even if they state more exp. (as they may have more job openings). The Dr.s know that reputable MT Courses, Schools, Etc. will know to pass important information like this on to the new MT.

There are however exceptions to every rule, some MTs are able to get positions fresh out of training, by offering to do some work for one of these Dr.s that ask for more exp. at no charge, so they could judge their abilities, and some were hired afterwards. I imagine that their work was of very high quality and that their turnaround was excellent. I don't want to mislead you by telling you about them, because they strikes me as an unusually competent and professional individual. But they have 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 - long course, you can learn from a good home study course.

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.