I am currently in school right now an am getting ready to go into the MT profession what do I need to know? A little help would be appericated. Thank you

I am getting ready to take the schooling. I need to know how much time is involved in the process and would also like to know how to get a job later. I live in a small town (12.000) and would love to work from home, but not sure how to go about this. I would appreciate the help as well.

I know that there is alot of ways to go about getting the jobs, I do live in a very small town but I want to work all over the U.S. so again Im asking someone out there is they could help us newbies get out feet wet. Thank you again.

I took a one-year course, but it took me 2 years to finish it because I ran a child care business out of my home 60+ hours per week.

I finished my schooling in May 2007. I started sending out resumes to on-line companies about a month after I graduated and I got a job 2 weeks later. I don't know if that was unusual or not, but it happened fast for me. The school that I went through has a program to help with finding a job afterwards and they are supposed to be available to help you for the life of your career. So, they sent me lists of job leads and I got on with a company fast. I have been with the same company for 1.5 years, but unfortunately I am still receiving the bottom of the line wage. It seems that until you have 2 years of experience you get stuck with the low wages, but I have gained very valuable experience and I only have 6 more months to go until I have my 2 years experience under my belt and can start applying with some of the higher paying companies that offer benefits. It takes time and patience.

It is tough starting out, but I do enjoy working at home and having the flexible schedule. For awhile I wondered if it was worth it because I was so slow I wasn't making hardly any money. But with time my speed picked up. If I had it to do over again I would have kept my child care business open part time until I got my feet on the ground with this new career. I expected to start this career and be making really good money from the get-go, but that was just not a reality.

I live in a small town also (14,000) and I have not marketed myself locally, but I plan on doing that soon. I believe I could make better money working locally ... even driving around to pick up tapes if I have to because it only takes about 7-10 minutes to drive anywhere in this town. I will keep my on-line job, though, until I know that I am making enough money to go local.

Just some things to think about...hope this helps.

Thank you so very much for the information and I know that every bit is so very important to us all. Sometimes I think that we underestimate ourselves and I know that this type of future and the income will outweigh the negative side of everything. I just love learning all about all the anatomy and the terms and new words. Thank you again for all your help and hopeful we will all keep helping each other as we go along.

Same here, i need to know more about on how to find the best and suitable company for my expertise, i am a graduate of an MT course here in the Philippines, in fact i am now working as a company based MT but the problem is it guess the salary is very well below the quota... I would just like to know if how much really is the minimum salary of a starter MT, should it be LPD, or it has to be on a daily basis or do we need a fix salary for our hard days work deciphering voicefiles. Thanks...

Yes. I am searching as well. I am a newbie also. I am looking for groups clubs chapter, support systems to help me along the way. I am also looking for any tools that can help me learn this stuff. I just want to be really good at it and last until I am ready to retire. I'm not a fast learner, but once I learn this it sticks with me and I'm good at it. Any support you can give is highly welcomed. This is the perfect thread to list resources.

Does anyone know if there are chapters or groups in Raleigh, NC?

Hi Srenee,

Go to http://tiny.cc/4m9tZ to find the chapter closest to you. AHDI also has an on-line chapter also if there isn't one close to you.

Hope that helps!

Thanks kkb. I also had a few friends join on facebook. Found some really neat folks who have been a world of help.