Raising recruitment standards of transcription service providers – stabilizing market

Raising recruitment standards of transcription service providers – stabilizing market

People who seek transcription services are not from the same field, a doctor may need transcription of the problem description given by his patient, a corporate worker for record of his deals, lecturer to provide study material for student, councilor for keeping track of client conversation and many others have a need for quality transcripts.There is no limit of work for a professional transcriber but it is a separate thing that the clients need their services in their company premises or they hire an agency to perform this specific task. Most of multinational firms hire professional agencies to perform this task because they believe them best, but do they really are. Few badly reputed firms had spoiled the complete image of transcription business. Yes, it is an easy task to perform but it does not mean that the clients require crap documents with poor English interpretation. Only due to this reason, transcription firms had raised their eligibility standards for recruitment. It is not same as it was one or two years ago, the competition exists now to assure their clients with quality and on-time work delivery.

Some standards decided by transcription service providers for applicants are:

·         The candidate must be proficient in English language

·         Good typing speed to coordinate with audio speech

·         Certified after successful completion of certain transcription courses

·         Live experience of transcribing audio files

·         Proficient computer knowledge

Candidates who have these qualities do know how to perform well and have basic knowledge about transcription services. Therefore, transcription firms eliminate the risk of hiring those who are completely unaware about the basics. Proficiency comes after a long-term experience or it depends upon one’s learning ability. The time doubles when a person lacks knowledge required as a transcriber and one is not able to perform expectedly. So this becomes difficult for a newbie to meet client’s requirement and unable to get constant income from the market.