Marion Said:

Has anyone tried the career step program for Medical Transcription?

We Answered:

Wow! You really do have your hands full with twin toddlers :) Please do steer clear of those online, for-profit schools such as penn foster, stratford career, US career, university of phoenix, capella, strayer, devry, walden, keiser, ITT tech, kaplan and others as they are merely out to 'make a profit': http://www.capellauniversitysucks.us

http://www.ripoffreport.com and can type into search.

Please stick with traditional colleges or even the county vo-tech school as long as it's accredited within the industry. Some of the community colleges may offer an online course, if even a non-credit course.

I'm not really sure how the job market is for transcriptionists albeit there are so many ads for work at home 'jobs' ;) For general career info: http://www.bls.gov/oco and can search 'medical transcriptionists' or such.

US colleges: http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ

Please do be very wary about those work at home jobs as most are a scam especially if asking for money upfront or personal info which can put one at risk for identity theft: http://www.ftc.gov and can click 'identity theft' or such.

Juanita Said:

What classes can i take at home online for a work at home career? ex. Medical Transc. Or Web Designer. :)?

We Answered:

Hi Jennifer, you have a healthy spirit, great ambitions and I admire your willingness to learn new things. You said "I want to do web design" so if you want to learn web design and work from home you can learn pretty much everything about web design such as Creating and Adding Web Pages, Dynamic Menus, eCommerce, even email Marketing (for free) by watching online video demonstrations at: http://webtronic.com.au/

Years ago I was in many ways like you and needed a new direction in life and after watching 20 or so online video demonstrations on web design (which took me just 4 or 5 hours and sure beats spending money on books or classes) I learnt everything I needed to be a web designer (for free) and started my own business.

Best of all after watching the online video demonstrations http://webtronic.com.au/ even lets you become a Partner so you can build sites for customers using their system. Just click on the Designers tab and go to the bottom right-hand-corner.

Whichever decision you make I am sure you will make it a success!