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easylife73

For those doing transcription work, how much work do you generally get please? Did the spelling test and passed, agreed to contract, but was wondering how long before I might be asked to do some work?

System

I've participated in a couple of transcription projects but would love to hear more about the experience of others too.

Minnie-the-Minx_2

Can anyone remember how much time past between taking the IQ-type initial test and receiving an e-mail with details of the next step?

I thought I had done well in the test but finished an hour ago and haven't heard anything yet. Maybe I am being impatient but I had expected it to be automatically triggered so am wondering now if I have failed

MallRat

Minnie-the-Minx wrote: »

Can anyone remember how much time past between taking the IQ-type initial test and receiving an e-mail with details of the next step?

I thought I had done well in the test but finished an hour ago and haven't heard anything yet. Maybe I am being impatient but I had expected it to be automatically triggered so am wondering now if I have failed

Are you talking about the pre-screener for the WSE role? If so, I took it last Sunday and then heard from them again the next day. It should also have told you on the screen whether you passed or not.

essjaytee

MallRat wrote: »

W.S.E. exam COMPLETED!! :j Not exactly sure what counts as a pass, but hopefully I've done enough...

me too!!! Exhausted now! lol

Pass rate is on 2nd page of roadmap but tbh I don't really understand it. Your results should show on My Report page of where you logged in to do exam. Pretty sure they also email us with results and we do get a 2nd chance at it though if needed :rotfl:

MallRat

essjaytee wrote: »

me too!!! Exhausted now! lol

Pass rate is on 2nd page of roadmap but tbh I don't really understand it. Your results should show on My Report page of where you logged in to do exam. Pretty sure they also email us with results and we do get a 2nd chance at it though if needed :rotfl:

Yeah, I think we have to pass all the individual categories as well as get a certain overall score. I got over 80% correct though, so am feeling pretty confident . Think we're supposed to find out by email on Friday. By the way, have you heard anything from them on your new account since the day you first set it up?! Just been wondering whether there's some sort of problem with mine as I haven't had anything, which seems a bit weird .

essjaytee

MallRat wrote: »

Yeah, I think we have to pass all the individual categories as well as get a certain overall score. I got over 80% correct though, so am feeling pretty confident . Think we're supposed to find out by email on Friday. By the way, have you heard anything from them on your new account since the day you first set it up?! Just been wondering whether there's some sort of problem with mine as I haven't had anything, which seems a bit weird .

funnily enough received my first email late last night with the results of the exam. My overall score was a pass but because I was below the pass level in 2 of the categories I have to retake the exam this weekend. Not sure I've got the energy to go through it all again... Gonna have a think about it over the next couple of days!

MallRat

essjaytee wrote: »

funnily enough received my first email late last night with the results of the exam. My overall score was a pass but because I was below the pass level in 2 of the categories I have to retake the exam this weekend. Not sure I've got the energy to go through it all again... Gonna have a think about it over the next couple of days!

Uh oh .

Looks like I've passed mine as I'm now onto the next stage. So, ANOTHER massive document to read, as well as a whole load of roadmap tasks to be completed within the next 24 hours...

Even if I pass this one, not sure I'll actually last very long in the job as the hours just seem like too much. I could barely manage doing 2 hours a day when I worked for Lionbridge. Oh WHY did Leapforce have to mess up my test, while everyone else on that thread is now happily working for them?! I even made a second application a few weeks ago with a different email, and they haven't even bothered to respond to that at all!

wesleyad

I read all 3 threads religiously and to be honest I have noticed that LF seem to be getting a lot of NRT recently and are generally unhappy with the job (especially those who have moved across from LB like myself).

ABH, whilst they do require the 20 hours a week, never have NRT and to me this is such a huge bonus, that I'm really enjoying the work (well as much as possible).

Add to that the money for training which neither of the other offers (unless that's changed since I did it), and they even pay money for "admin tasks, such as entering your hours and attending any webinars etc".

Bumma

Thats useful to Know Wesleyad but I'm happy enough doing 10 - 15 hours a week with LB at the moment ( there's plenty of work right now) and adding some ABH crowdsourcing to this mix. I'll definitely look into web evaluation with ABH at some point but my poor brain couldn't cope with the regular hours!
Mind Crowd sourcing seems to be No Hits apps at the moment