Is Transcription The Right Career For You?

<h1>Is Transcription The Right Career For You?</h1>Author: <a title="Grant Kretzer" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/grant-kretzer/47662.htm">Grant Kretzer</a> Transcription is a career field that is growing quickly. Transcribers are needed in just about every field. Medical and legal professionals make extensive use of transcriptionists. Transcription is also used to make recordings from books and magazines for people who prefer to listen rather than read. Transcription is utilized in court proceedings, medical charts, meetings, and many other business situations. This article will answer your basic questions about transcription and will help you decide if it is the correct career for you. How would you describe transcription? Transcription is the act of listening to an audio cassette or CD and then typing it. It can also be used to transfer a book to audio format. Transcription is used in many work areas when a written record of what is done or said is needed. What do I need to do to become a transcriptionist? The first step in learning more about transcription is to take classes. It is not as easy as it may seem to type by listening to a recording. In transcription classes, you will learn to hear words and document them. Your classes will depend on the career you want to pursue. If you are interested in the medical field, for instance, then you would take a few classes in medical terminology. What does a transcriptionist do? When transcribing the written record, you don't type the words, you speak them. However, in the medical field, you hear what the doctor has said into a recording device while he is seeing a patient. You listen through earphones and write or type what you hear in a patient's medical record. I wish to be my own boss and transcribe at home. What steps do I need to take to begin my own business? If you are interested in transcription as a business, taking transcription courses is a good place to begin. You will have to learn everything you can about transcription if you wish to have a home business that is successful. A computer, printer, and tape player are tools needed for this job. In order to build a good client base you will have to advertise or apply to hospitals and legal offices to see if they hire home based workers. Transcription is a good at home job because it gives you the flexibility of being your own boss.About the Author: With 17 years of experience as a human resource director for <a href="http://www.encore-staffing.com">Los Angeles computer support staffing company</a>, Grant Kretzer has seen his share of temporary employees. During this time Grant has noticed Encore Staffing solutions, a <a href="http://www.encore-staffing.com/candidates.html">Los Angeles temporary employment agency</a>, has top notch temporary staffing candidates. Grant knows when the importance of calling Encore.Article Source: <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/">ArticlesBase.com</a> - <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/business-articles/is-transcription-the-right-career-for-you-802936.html" title="Is Transcription The Right Career For You?">Is Transcription The Right Career For You?</a>

Transcription is a career field that is growing quickly. Transcribers are needed in just about every field. Medical and legal professionals make extensive use of transcriptionists. Transcription is also used to make recordings from books and magazines for people who prefer to listen rather than read. Transcription is utilized in court proceedings, medical charts, meetings, and many other business situations. This article will answer your basic questions about transcription and will help you decide if it is the correct career for you.

How would you describe transcription?

Transcription is the act of listening to an audio cassette or CD and then typing it. It can also be used to transfer a book to audio format. Transcription is used in many work areas when a written record of what is done or said is needed.

What do I need to do to become a transcriptionist?

The first step in learning more about transcription is to take classes. It is not as easy as it may seem to type by listening to a recording. In transcription classes, you will learn to hear words and document them. Your classes will depend on the career you want to pursue. If you are interested in the medical field, for instance, then you would take a few classes in medical terminology.

What does a transcriptionist do?

When transcribing the written record, you don't type the words, you speak them. However, in the medical field, you hear what the doctor has said into a recording device while he is seeing a patient. You listen through earphones and write or type what you hear in a patient's medical record.

I wish to be my own boss and transcribe at home. What steps do I need to take to begin my own business?

If you are interested in transcription as a business, taking transcription courses is a good place to begin. You will have to learn everything you can about transcription if you wish to have a home business that is successful. A computer, printer, and tape player are tools needed for this job. In order to build a good client base you will have to advertise or apply to hospitals and legal offices to see if they hire home based workers. Transcription is a good at home job because it gives you the flexibility of being your own boss.

With 17 years of experience as a human resource director for Los Angeles computer support staffing company, Grant Kretzer has seen his share of temporary employees. During this time Grant has noticed Encore Staffing solutions, a Los Angeles temporary employment agency, has top notch temporary staffing candidates. Grant knows when the importance of calling Encore.

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