Websites to Search When Looking for a Medical Transcription Job

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22 May 2007 10:30 AM

This blog is part of a series on transcription. If you haven't read the other blogs in this series, make sure to check out the summary page for a listing of all transcription blogs.

When you graduate from medical transcription school, the school should be able to give you a list of companies that has hired their graduates in the past, and who are willing to hire more graduates of their graduates in the future. Along with that help, however, you have to be willing to go looking on your own.

The first logical stop is Google, and although you might be able to hit some leads that way, it's definitely not going to be your best bet. When you do a Google search, you will find all jobs that have ever been listed, whether that listing is from last week or two years ago. A better option is to go looking at general job boards such as Monster.com because at least those job listings will be (fairly) current. Since that board covers many different types of jobs though, you're going to end up wading through a lot of stuff to find something that you're interested.

The great news is, the MT field is such a large one, with so many transcriptionists in it, that there are job boards dedicated just to MT jobs. A few of the more popular ones are MT Jobs, Jobs at MT Stars, and MT Wanted. There are also some more general job boards that either have a section dedicated just to MT jobs or are focused on the health field in general and so will have a high rate of MT jobs posted on it. The best ones that I've found of that kind are Absolutely Health Care, Hospital Soup, and World Wide Work at Home. One last wonderful website is Transcription Resource, which if you go there and click on any of the letters listed on the right hand side, you'll be brought to a page that lists every MT company starting with that letter. Rennie, the owner, has spent countless hours pulling together that list which includes hundreds of MT companies. The MT field in general has really benefited from her hard work.

The truth is, you'll find that if you have 1) Graduated from one of the three schools I have talked about on here; 2) Have high speed Internet; and 3) Are open and able to work full-time, you will have absolutely no problem getting a job.

Why do I put that qualifier, "open and able to work full-time," in there? Make sure to check my next blog, Why do MT Companies Want Full-Time Transcriptionists? for the answer!

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Hello, my name is Hava or Havs (depending on my mood and yours!) I am a freelance writer who writes for several blogs, both paid ones such as this one, and personal blogs.

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