A medical transcription information interview is one of the most effective ways to get a medical transcription job. Most medical transcriptionists (MTs) send out hundreds of resumes in a shotgun style effort to get a job interview for a medical transcriptionist position. However, using the MT information interview will yield amazing results.

A medical transcription information interview simply means speaking to a seasoned MT who has worked in the specialty in which you are interested. You are there on a fact-finding mission. You seek answers; you are not there to ask for a job. The medical transcription job offer will come as an indirect result of the information interview.

No matter the field, statistics bear out the fact that 1 of every 12 information interviews will result in a job offer, as opposed to 1 of every 200 (or more!) resumes that are submitted. Thus, medical transcriptionists need to add the medical transcription information interview to their job-seeking arsenal and employ this tactic prior to just sending out resumes.

The medical transcription information interview is such an effective strategy because of the face-to-face contact and the inherent goodness in people that still exists. People in all fields help each other; MTs are no different. I was especially blessed to find many generous medical transcriptionists who offered me help, encouragement, and medical transcription job opportunities.

When meeting with a medical transcriptionist to conduct an MT information interview, ask questions relating to his/her medical transcription background, how he/she got started as a medical transcriptionist, and especially for any advice he/she can give you to understand the MT job market and competition today. Be sure to write a thank-you note to anyone you interview.

A medical transcription information interview is an effective tool to use for entry-level personnel who wish to explore the field of medical transcription, for those who wish to change careers and want to get a feel for the medical transcription field and transcribing work it entails, and even for those who are in the MT field already and wish to work for a difference company or in a different medical specialty.