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I donate to charities, and for some in the past, have had plea letters from orgs that I do not donate to.
They had my name, and my contact po box address, they might have have had my mobile phone # too.
They then just have to phone people up, with the same surname and initial as yours, and start from there.
===
Not to mention the Medibank private breaches, and the Optus ones, and the latitude ones.
Once info goes into the darkweb, there is no where safe.
There was too in the news, a few days ago, of a lady who fell for her bank scam, and she said the accent of the caller was Aussie, so its not unknown for Aussies to scam Aussies now, not needing to be from a certain country where the Telstra scams always come from.
I’ve had a call similar to this, after a brief call we worked out someone had just entered in random numbers and it happened to be mine.
Place dealt in loans. Name didn’t match I assume they did a quick quote thing and it asked for a number there.
I have something similar.
An 'agent' emailed me (first name), thanking me for letting them evaluate my property (next suburb across, not even close to my address).
>Dear k3g,
>Thank you for the opportunity to submit our recommendations for the sale of your home.
>The sale of a home can be a highly emotional experience. It can be exciting, sad or both and it’s important to us
>that you feel confident that we will perform for you and achieve the best possible result.
>Our focus is to advise you on the best approach for the sale based on discussions from our recent meeting. We
>trust that this information will provide you with the practical information to help you make an informed
>decision, have a clear understanding of every aspect of the sale process and enjoy the experience as much as
>possible.
>We look forward to working with you and delivering an exceptional result.
It's happened once...
Ah, quite handy, thank you
This is what I was thinking. Just seemed weird having the name. More wanted to know what others have had since it's always on the rise. Thank you
A real bona fide real estate agent, would say, (((I am so and so from Lazy Dog Real Estate))), if she didnt give the name of her agency, its probably a phishing experiment for more information.
True, I didn't even think about all that. I have no doubt that my info is out and about (either that or there really are beautiful Russian women seeking me).
Yeah, sounds similar. I just got thinking and wanted to see what others had experienced. Cheers
Yes...why let it happen again?
If it happens again, deal with it then
Ah the old fool me once tactic
i dont see the scam in the first place.
"youve got the wrong number, please remove me from your database"
Hi everyone,
What would be an ideal location for a summer Christmas party to host roughly 100 people in December?
The average age is 30-50, and everyone enjoys drinking and good food.
It'll be quite warm so ideally it would be nice to be in a place where there's a cool summer breeze from the river or else a fully air-conditioned venue.
Somewhere central/city would be good where public transport is easily accessible.
Any place where a budget of $8k is sufficient would be great and places where you would have had the best time and memories from experience.
Thanks in advance fellow redditors
Whatever you do, be quick. Many venues start booking out in April for Christmas parties.
We did the Swan Valley tour for a Christmas work party, number was around 50. Bus comes to the city for pick up by 9am, then headed to a few venues in the valley to chill and do some wine tasting and then last destination was lunch and bus brings you back to the city by 5pm.
Barefoot bowls at the Perth & Tattersalls bowling club. Good chilled day out on the river and very well priced.
$8k buys a spectacular picnic lunch in King's Park
Mister walker, the reveley, 18kn, rooftop of vibe hotel in subi for venues with an outdoor area.
Else you could add hadika, santini bar, print hall, the standard,...
Not sure the budget will be enough in any of those though.
Northbridge Brewing Company?
$8k for 100ppl of food and drink? sounds like a budget for lawn bowling and I’d be surprised if you found anywhere in the cbd. Not to mention a lot of places are already booking up for Fridays, so my advice is get on it lickety split.
Have a look at the Sneakers & Jeans group actually - they have some good affordable packages at their venues.
Palace Arcade - your budget will cover it
Sounds like a logistical nightmare for 100 people tho
We did a dinner in the Swan Valley. I had to get like 20 people onto a bus. It was like hearding fucking cats. I couldn't imagine doing it for more than that.
We thought the same but it worked really well and at most venues was only booked for us so had no issues at all.
Before I had kids, I was a medical typist and I loved it. I'm an introvert and I have an interest in medical terminology so it suits me perfectly. I've worked in public hospitals, radiology clinics and as a work from home contractor. I'm speedy, accurate, intelligent and autonomous.
It used to be basically pretty easy for me to get a medical typing job with my experience. However, now I have a big gap on my CV because I stayed home with my children while they were babies. I'm finding it incredibly difficult to even find medical typing jobs to apply for, and when they pop up, it feels like I get dismissed immediately.
Is medical typing going by the wayside as a role all together? Does anyone have any insight or tips??
I'm SOR and looking for part time or WFH. Would love to hear from anyone with insight. I do have my eye on moving into clinical coding but it would be good to get back into the industry while I study.
Do you mean medical transcription? (Listening to doctors audio notes and typing up referrals etc)?
It’s definitely still a thing, but everyone I know who has got a job has been because they knew somebody. Hopefully people with more knowledge than me can help you out, but perhaps cold call or letters to local doctors and clinics- offering to fill in for any vacations or so forth might be a chance to get a foot in the door?
Hey, medical secretary here!
I’ve worked for several specialists long-term and while typing is still a thing to a degree, it’s definitely starting to be phased out by AI. I’ve only worked for one specialist years ago where we would send out dictations to a typist, but generally we get the typing done ourselves outside of clinic time. With programs that auto-transcribe and typing shortcuts in software, I personally think in the next couple of years medical typing as a job will be almost non-existent.
Definitely worth reaching out to clinics that have several specialists working there and inquiring if they need a typist, you never know! Particularly with some old school doctors, they may not be on board with the AI typing just yet. Medicolegal offices/doctors may also worth an email.
I think you may be better off searching for a part-time medical secretary or reception role, as you’ll probably find more stable work and you’ll still be able to use your skills.
Best of luck with finding something that suits you!!
Last doctor I went to was using AI to transcribe. Might be a thing now and why you are seeing less jobs.
I think AI has taken your job.
You might consider court transcription. The big player seems to be VIQ Solutions, maybe see if they have anything going.
Hospital Admin in Megical Records might suit you OP. The big tertiary hospitals seem to always be looking for medical records staff.
I might be able to introduce you to someone. I work in a support role within a large medical services organisation. Please send me a pm if you're interested.
I don't know about medical, but legal transcription is still a thing. You can sign up online to WFH as a contractor
If copilot can transcribe a teams meeting and write meeting notes for it; I can't imagine this field will be around much longer:
Maybe do a medical admin course at tafe and go into medical reception?
Search "transcription" and select "work from home" and "All Australia". There aren't many but if you set it up as an alert when new ones pop up they get delivered straight into your inbox.
Edit: On Seek or look up "scribe" as occupation.
I'm in IT, in the medical sector, there's still a few older specialists stuck in their ways that use transcribers.
Your best luck seeing as they old school is dropping your Resume in.
Hiya! I work in radiology and can confirm typists are almost a thing of the past. All my Radiologists use a VR (voice recognition) software or voice to text, we have about 30 clinics my country wide, and they are all on it. I work closely with the GPs in my region, and they are even bringing out the same software in their practices.
I think radiology groups use overseas labour or AI to do their transcription. (I see at least one doozy of an error each week. A human wouldn't make that mistake.)
I know someone who was doing this work until they retired earlier this year. I think they were working for SKG
I work with a lot of surgeons/specialists and most have transitioned to AI unfortunately for transcribing. Have you considered transitioning your current skills into a clinical coding role?
Not often, but sometimes, the private sector takes people onboard with no qualifications.
Try Pacific Transcription
https://www.pacifictranscription.com.au/faqs-typing-careers/
I did this for my first job out of uni. I think as long as you have the proper setup (eg headphones and a footpad to pause/replay/etc) you could do this online for anywhere. Unfortunately, I think the answer is also going to be that it's been outsourced to anywhere and anywhere is probably cheaper than you. In a lot of cases, that's going to be overseas or AI.
That being said, I think if you focus on really highlighting experience and knowing terminology, you will stand out and could snag a job especially with older doctors. I do think there is a lot of appreciation from older specialists in having transcriptionists who not only understand them but who they can develop a shorthand with. You want to look for those types of practices, which may mean cold calling and explaining what you do if you can get a chat with the doctor.
Doctors like things with very few moving parts and I do think there is opportunity here if you find a place which leans towards older doctors. I know that quickly learning terminology and understanding phrasing/accents led to doctors vouching for me to get a work visa for "skills nobody else in the country had" which is a bit much, but doctors be doctors. They didn't want their transcriptionist to be replaced. This was in the UK but it's analogous.
Definitely cold call, imo, as it's not a job that is going to be advertised much. If you're good at it, you'll get chats. Look more broadly than Perth, though - it's definitely a job which can be done remotely. I do think focusing on Australia will be wise, however - there are distinct accents here and knowing how to "hear" them will make you a much stronger candidate than AI or a call center equivalent.
Specializations in particular I'd suggest would be things like radiology where there's a lot of analysis needed.
Check out pathwest, the ladies in the typing office are lovely :)
If you're interested in legal transcription send me a DM. :)
Yes, transcription. Yeah that's the problem, I kind of fell into it back in the day, and now I don't have the connections.
Holidays not vacation.
Thanks so much for the inside info, really appreciate that!
A new job exists now. Humans to correct AI transcription. How silly is that.
I thought it was the migrants taking our jobs. Turns out it is AI.
One of my friends works in that and got her job with no connections
Oh yes good call, I actually think I'd enjoy that too.
Would love to chat! I tried to pm but it kept coming up with an error for some reason
I second this idea, I've looked onto it, and there seems to be a lot of part time positions available, and a couple of places to do short courses to get qualified. Probably no WFH though.
If you are looking for a work from home option, message me. We have a 24/7 support line for referrers and are always looking for staff.
Definitely, I've thought about doing the Diploma in clinical coding. It seems to be hard to find those jobs too though

I donate to charities, and for some in the past, have had plea letters from orgs that I do not donate to.

They had my name, and my contact po box address, they might have have had my mobile phone # too.

They then just have to phone people up, with the same surname and initial as yours, and start from there.

===

Not to mention the Medibank private breaches, and the Optus ones, and the latitude ones.

Once info goes into the darkweb, there is no where safe.

There was too in the news, a few days ago, of a lady who fell for her bank scam, and she said the accent of the caller was Aussie, so its not unknown for Aussies to scam Aussies now, not needing to be from a certain country where the Telstra scams always come from.

I’ve had a call similar to this, after a brief call we worked out someone had just entered in random numbers and it happened to be mine.

Place dealt in loans. Name didn’t match I assume they did a quick quote thing and it asked for a number there.

I have something similar.

An 'agent' emailed me (first name), thanking me for letting them evaluate my property (next suburb across, not even close to my address).

>Dear k3g,

>Thank you for the opportunity to submit our recommendations for the sale of your home.

>The sale of a home can be a highly emotional experience. It can be exciting, sad or both and it’s important to us

>that you feel confident that we will perform for you and achieve the best possible result.

>Our focus is to advise you on the best approach for the sale based on discussions from our recent meeting. We

>trust that this information will provide you with the practical information to help you make an informed

>decision, have a clear understanding of every aspect of the sale process and enjoy the experience as much as

>possible.

>We look forward to working with you and delivering an exceptional result.

It's happened once...

Ah, quite handy, thank you

This is what I was thinking. Just seemed weird having the name. More wanted to know what others have had since it's always on the rise. Thank you

A real bona fide real estate agent, would say, (((I am so and so from Lazy Dog Real Estate))), if she didnt give the name of her agency, its probably a phishing experiment for more information.

True, I didn't even think about all that. I have no doubt that my info is out and about (either that or there really are beautiful Russian women seeking me).

Yeah, sounds similar. I just got thinking and wanted to see what others had experienced. Cheers

Yes...why let it happen again?

If it happens again, deal with it then

Ah the old fool me once tactic

i dont see the scam in the first place.

"youve got the wrong number, please remove me from your database"

Hi everyone,

What would be an ideal location for a summer Christmas party to host roughly 100 people in December?

The average age is 30-50, and everyone enjoys drinking and good food.

It'll be quite warm so ideally it would be nice to be in a place where there's a cool summer breeze from the river or else a fully air-conditioned venue.

Somewhere central/city would be good where public transport is easily accessible.

Any place where a budget of $8k is sufficient would be great and places where you would have had the best time and memories from experience.

Thanks in advance fellow redditors

Whatever you do, be quick. Many venues start booking out in April for Christmas parties.

We did the Swan Valley tour for a Christmas work party, number was around 50. Bus comes to the city for pick up by 9am, then headed to a few venues in the valley to chill and do some wine tasting and then last destination was lunch and bus brings you back to the city by 5pm.

Barefoot bowls at the Perth & Tattersalls bowling club. Good chilled day out on the river and very well priced.

$8k buys a spectacular picnic lunch in King's Park

Mister walker, the reveley, 18kn, rooftop of vibe hotel in subi for venues with an outdoor area.

Else you could add hadika, santini bar, print hall, the standard,...

Not sure the budget will be enough in any of those though.

Northbridge Brewing Company?

$8k for 100ppl of food and drink? sounds like a budget for lawn bowling and I’d be surprised if you found anywhere in the cbd. Not to mention a lot of places are already booking up for Fridays, so my advice is get on it lickety split.

Have a look at the Sneakers & Jeans group actually - they have some good affordable packages at their venues.

Palace Arcade - your budget will cover it

Sounds like a logistical nightmare for 100 people tho

We did a dinner in the Swan Valley. I had to get like 20 people onto a bus. It was like hearding fucking cats. I couldn't imagine doing it for more than that.

We thought the same but it worked really well and at most venues was only booked for us so had no issues at all.

Before I had kids, I was a medical typist and I loved it. I'm an introvert and I have an interest in medical terminology so it suits me perfectly. I've worked in public hospitals, radiology clinics and as a work from home contractor. I'm speedy, accurate, intelligent and autonomous.

It used to be basically pretty easy for me to get a medical typing job with my experience. However, now I have a big gap on my CV because I stayed home with my children while they were babies. I'm finding it incredibly difficult to even find medical typing jobs to apply for, and when they pop up, it feels like I get dismissed immediately.

Is medical typing going by the wayside as a role all together? Does anyone have any insight or tips??

I'm SOR and looking for part time or WFH. Would love to hear from anyone with insight. I do have my eye on moving into clinical coding but it would be good to get back into the industry while I study.

Do you mean medical transcription? (Listening to doctors audio notes and typing up referrals etc)?

It’s definitely still a thing, but everyone I know who has got a job has been because they knew somebody. Hopefully people with more knowledge than me can help you out, but perhaps cold call or letters to local doctors and clinics- offering to fill in for any vacations or so forth might be a chance to get a foot in the door?

Hey, medical secretary here!

I’ve worked for several specialists long-term and while typing is still a thing to a degree, it’s definitely starting to be phased out by AI. I’ve only worked for one specialist years ago where we would send out dictations to a typist, but generally we get the typing done ourselves outside of clinic time. With programs that auto-transcribe and typing shortcuts in software, I personally think in the next couple of years medical typing as a job will be almost non-existent.

Definitely worth reaching out to clinics that have several specialists working there and inquiring if they need a typist, you never know! Particularly with some old school doctors, they may not be on board with the AI typing just yet. Medicolegal offices/doctors may also worth an email.

I think you may be better off searching for a part-time medical secretary or reception role, as you’ll probably find more stable work and you’ll still be able to use your skills.

Best of luck with finding something that suits you!!

Last doctor I went to was using AI to transcribe. Might be a thing now and why you are seeing less jobs.

I think AI has taken your job.

You might consider court transcription. The big player seems to be VIQ Solutions, maybe see if they have anything going.

Hospital Admin in Megical Records might suit you OP. The big tertiary hospitals seem to always be looking for medical records staff.

I might be able to introduce you to someone. I work in a support role within a large medical services organisation. Please send me a pm if you're interested.

I don't know about medical, but legal transcription is still a thing. You can sign up online to WFH as a contractor

If copilot can transcribe a teams meeting and write meeting notes for it; I can't imagine this field will be around much longer:

Maybe do a medical admin course at tafe and go into medical reception?

Search "transcription" and select "work from home" and "All Australia". There aren't many but if you set it up as an alert when new ones pop up they get delivered straight into your inbox.

Edit: On Seek or look up "scribe" as occupation.

I'm in IT, in the medical sector, there's still a few older specialists stuck in their ways that use transcribers.

Your best luck seeing as they old school is dropping your Resume in.

Hiya! I work in radiology and can confirm typists are almost a thing of the past. All my Radiologists use a VR (voice recognition) software or voice to text, we have about 30 clinics my country wide, and they are all on it. I work closely with the GPs in my region, and they are even bringing out the same software in their practices.

I think radiology groups use overseas labour or AI to do their transcription. (I see at least one doozy of an error each week. A human wouldn't make that mistake.)

I know someone who was doing this work until they retired earlier this year. I think they were working for SKG

I work with a lot of surgeons/specialists and most have transitioned to AI unfortunately for transcribing. Have you considered transitioning your current skills into a clinical coding role?

Not often, but sometimes, the private sector takes people onboard with no qualifications.

Try Pacific Transcription

https://www.pacifictranscription.com.au/faqs-typing-careers/

I did this for my first job out of uni. I think as long as you have the proper setup (eg headphones and a footpad to pause/replay/etc) you could do this online for anywhere. Unfortunately, I think the answer is also going to be that it's been outsourced to anywhere and anywhere is probably cheaper than you. In a lot of cases, that's going to be overseas or AI.

That being said, I think if you focus on really highlighting experience and knowing terminology, you will stand out and could snag a job especially with older doctors. I do think there is a lot of appreciation from older specialists in having transcriptionists who not only understand them but who they can develop a shorthand with. You want to look for those types of practices, which may mean cold calling and explaining what you do if you can get a chat with the doctor.

Doctors like things with very few moving parts and I do think there is opportunity here if you find a place which leans towards older doctors. I know that quickly learning terminology and understanding phrasing/accents led to doctors vouching for me to get a work visa for "skills nobody else in the country had" which is a bit much, but doctors be doctors. They didn't want their transcriptionist to be replaced. This was in the UK but it's analogous.

Definitely cold call, imo, as it's not a job that is going to be advertised much. If you're good at it, you'll get chats. Look more broadly than Perth, though - it's definitely a job which can be done remotely. I do think focusing on Australia will be wise, however - there are distinct accents here and knowing how to "hear" them will make you a much stronger candidate than AI or a call center equivalent.

Specializations in particular I'd suggest would be things like radiology where there's a lot of analysis needed.

Check out pathwest, the ladies in the typing office are lovely :)

If you're interested in legal transcription send me a DM. :)

Yes, transcription. Yeah that's the problem, I kind of fell into it back in the day, and now I don't have the connections.

Holidays not vacation.

Thanks so much for the inside info, really appreciate that!

A new job exists now. Humans to correct AI transcription. How silly is that.

I thought it was the migrants taking our jobs. Turns out it is AI.

One of my friends works in that and got her job with no connections

Oh yes good call, I actually think I'd enjoy that too.

Would love to chat! I tried to pm but it kept coming up with an error for some reason

I second this idea, I've looked onto it, and there seems to be a lot of part time positions available, and a couple of places to do short courses to get qualified. Probably no WFH though.

If you are looking for a work from home option, message me. We have a 24/7 support line for referrers and are always looking for staff.

Definitely, I've thought about doing the Diploma in clinical coding. It seems to be hard to find those jobs too though