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Medical transcription is a popular job for people wanting to work at home. The work is in demand and employers are willing to hire people to work from home rather than in their office. It's a pretty nice deal.
That doesn't mean it's necessarily easy.
Working at home in general is challenging. You have a lot of distractions. How many depends on if you have children or other people who will be there while you're trying to work, as well as how easily the television or surfing the internet can attract you.
There's also the temptation to get the various household chores done. It's really amazing how easy it is to procrastinate on doing things that earn money when you work at home.
And make no mistake, procrastinating can have a big impact on your income. Your typical work at home medical transcriptionist is paid on production, not hourly. Your employer doesn't need to track the hours you work too hard when they only pay you if you produce.
That said, they do track your hours some, because they need to know that they have enough transcriptionists working. There are turnaround time commitments to meet. You will be expected to commit to something of a schedule, but you will probably be setting it yourself.
On the plus side, there's no commute. You're not getting stuck in traffic. You don't have to meet a particular dress code.
On the minus side for many people, you lose out on the social aspect of working in the office. No chatting in the break room.
On the plus side, there are plenty of forums, instant messaging and social websites where you can chat with friends online, at least whoever's available at the time. You don't have to be completely isolated.
But before you can start working, you have to start training. I strongly recommend taking an online medical transcription course. This will help you get used to some of the aspects of working at home. Not having a teacher in the same room while you're learning isn't so different from not having a boss looking over your shoulder. There's a lack of immediate pressure to stay on task that many people struggle with.
Be careful in choosing a course. You want one that will allow you to land a job after graduation. Not all courses will do that. Some give such low quality training that no employers will want to have anything to do with their graduates. Others do such a good job that employers will waive the two years experience requirement and test the graduates to confirm that they're ready to work.
With quality training, medical transcription is one of the easiest areas to find at home work. There's never a guarantee that you'll get the job you want, but you can certainly improve your odds.
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