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Resource Review 10239-14_JA2506-Kropko.qxd 11/15/06 11:32 AM Page 304 FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH Kathy Kropko, CMT, FAAMT t was with great anticipation speed on the tools, reference This publication is Ithat I began browsing through materials, and equipment needed AAMT’s latest publication, Getting to perform the job. Likewise, proving to be a Your Foot in the Door: 2 Years’ they may not realize the impact valuable tool for Experience Not Required. that continuing education and new graduates. Students, graduates, and professional development have prospective students all seem to on their job performance. In ponder the question of how to get ing for it, but it forced readers to order to be successful, they also started with their first job when look at their preparedness for job need to learn to network within all the advertisements for medical hunting and assess their skill the industry. This one concise transcription (MT) jobs show a level before taking that first pre- publication has organized all the requirement of 2 to 5 years of employment test. This was not information in a systematic previous experience. Students merely a list of potential employ- approach and with input from work very hard and commit a lot ers with sample resumés. Gradu- some of the outstanding peers in of time, finances, and energy to ates are taken through various our industry—those who know their studies, no matter what steps of self-assessment to be from experience what it takes for program they enroll in. This sure that their education was in- an entry-level MT to become suc- book provides them with a direc- depth enough to meet the core cessfully employed. tion once all the bookwork is competencies expected of entry- I highly recommend Getting done and the real world of tran- level MTs. The book also goes a Your Foot in the Door: 2 Years’ scription begins. In this day and step further in preparing them Experience Not Required for any age, no matter what profession mentally for having the confi- student on the verge of gradua- you are entering, having the dence and tools necessary to suc- tion who may feel that he/she right tools needed and an under- cessfully find employment and has not been prepared well standing of the job market for have their work environment enough during the training to your particular career can give established, whether it is a immediately enter into the MT you the edge you need to become home-based or an on-site posi- workforce. successfully employed. tion. Often we hear about gradu- I was pleasantly surprised to ates who fall short in their Kathy Kropko, CMT, FAAMT, is the Director discover that this was not just knowledge of the technological of M-TEC. about telling you where to find a aspects of testing for employ- Correspondence: Kathy Kropko, CMT, job and how to go about apply- ment or who may not be up to FAAMT, kkropko@mtecinc.com. 304 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the American Association for Medical Transcription Wolters Kluwer Health

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10239-14_JA2506-Kropko.qxd 11/15/06 11:32 AM Page 304 FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH Kathy Kropko, CMT, FAAMT t was with great anticipation speed on the tools, reference This publication is Ithat I began browsing through materials, and equipment needed AAMT’s latest publication, Getting to perform the job. Likewise, proving to be a Your Foot in the Door: 2 Years’ they may not realize the impact valuable tool for Experience Not Required. that continuing education and new graduates. Students, graduates, and professional development have prospective students all seem to on their job performance. In ponder the question of how to get ing for it, but it forced readers to order to be successful, they also started with their first job when look at their preparedness for job need to learn to network within all the advertisements for medical hunting and assess their skill the industry. This one concise transcription (MT) jobs show a level before taking that first pre- publication has organized all the requirement of 2 to 5 years of employment test. This was not information in a systematic previous experience. Students merely a list of potential employ- approach and with input from work very hard and commit a lot ers with sample resumés. Gradu- some of the outstanding peers in of time, finances, and energy to ates are taken through various our industry—those who know their studies, no matter what steps of self-assessment to be from experience what it takes for program they enroll in. This sure that their education was in- an entry-level MT to become suc- book provides them with a direc- depth enough to meet the core cessfully employed. tion once all the bookwork is competencies expected of entry- I highly recommend Getting done and the real world of tran- level MTs. The book also goes a Your Foot in the Door: 2 Years’ scription begins. In this day and step further in preparing them Experience Not Required for any age, no matter what profession mentally for having the confi- student on the verge of gradua- you are entering, having the dence and tools necessary to suc- tion who may feel that he/she right tools needed and an under- cessfully find employment and has not been prepared well standing of the job market for have their work environment enough during the training to your particular career can give established, whether it is a immediately enter into the MT you the edge you need to become home-based or an on-site posi- workforce. successfully employed. tion. Often we hear about gradu- I was pleasantly surprised to ates who fall short in their Kathy Kropko, CMT, FAAMT, is the Director discover that this was not just knowledge of the technological of M-TEC. about telling you where to find a aspects of testing for employ- Correspondence: Kathy Kropko, CMT, job and how to go about apply- ment or who may not be up to FAAMT, kkropko@mtecinc.com. 304 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION

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