Rejected: Entry Level Medical Transcription: The Doorway to Opportunity

Are you getting rejected as a Entry Level Medical Transcriptionist? When I think about the most rewarding developments my career has taken in the past couple of decades, each one can be traced back to a moment when I decided to risk rejection and take a chance.

There was the time straight out of secretarial school that I couldn't find an entry level transcription position, that started cold calling law firms.  Nobody admitted to needing a secretary, so I requested "information interviews" from everyone -- just 20 minutes of their time to help me learn what they look for in a legal secretary.  That was my foot in the door and a month later I was working as a full time entry level transcriptionist at one of my "information interview" offices.

A similar technique got me one of my early entry level medical transcription contracts back in the days when all transcription was done locally and it seemed like nobody wanted an entry level transcriptionist without years of experience.

The old saying of nothing ventured, nothing gained could not be more true.  There are so many things you can do that will dramatically increase your chances of career success: emailing potential clients and employers even though they have not posted a job listing.

• Picking up the telephone and calling someone who may have entry level medical transcription work you can do
• Do some small entry level general transcription jobs that fill up your resume
• Visiting the offices of local professionals to start to build a client base of doctors, lawyers, or businesspeople with dictation to transcribe
• Requesting "information interviews"
• Post Your Resume
  
• Telephoning your friends and family to tell them that you are looking for work and asking them to pass the word on to their contacts

However, every time..

Let's say that you decide to contact 100 potential employers or clients.  You can expect to be told "no" 95 times.  Wow, that is pretty disheartening!

But what is the other side of the coin?  Perhaps five new opportunities will be yours!!  To steal a turn of phrase, what's the cost of enduring 95 rejections?  Free.  The value of five opportunities?  Priceless!

When you are facing rejection, remember, it's almost never personal.  You just were not the right person at the right place at the right time.

If you can steel yourself to risk rejection and put yourself out there where all the opportunity is, you can communicate your way to a new career and a new life!