Almost nobody at my workplace knows about this.
I have been teaching college for 19 years but I am still part time. It is exceedingly difficult to get an interview, let alone a full time position, in English these days. The economy and being in Cali. don't help either.
I don't want to be PT the rest of my life. It's too unstable and the pay is hourly.
So....I have taken my mad skills in English and editing and have started medical transcription class. First I took medical terminology. I am also typing as quickly as I can but trying to be accurate as well. Did you know that there are over 215,000 medical terms? And they keep adding more!
It's hard, but I am going to keep at it. It takes up to 1.5 years to get enough training to take the exam.
I hope to work with an agency or in-house to start.
Just wanted to tell someone.