Message #28387

[execsec]

I had my own secretarial business about 10 years ago.  I had used a transcriber/dictaphone for 20 years prior to that.  I also went and took Medical Terminology at the local vo-tech.  However, when I went to look into these medical transcriptionist jobs listed in the paper; they all wanted me to have a "certificate."  Meaning that I had to have taken the "courses" at the local vo-tech proving I could do such a job.  Not taking into account that I had taken medical terminology, used a dictaphone/transcriber for 20 years, wrote my own business proposal, took it to the bank, and got a small business loan to open my own business.  Surely, I coud have figured the job out.  So, I didn't even pursue it after that.  I had plenty of other work coming in.