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I’ve been working from my home for about nine months now, and still figuring out the ins and outs of this new situation. As it turns out, one of my neighbors has been working from home for over 12 years and has some great insight on how it works for her.
Here is my conversation with Andrea Cox of Highlands Transcription which she owns and operates with her husband, Stephen.
Describe your business.
We run a transcription business. Most of our clients are in the medical profession, but we have some corporate accounts that we transcribe documents for as well. Basically, our clients dictate into a variety of’recorders’, and we transcribe their dictation.
How did you get into that type of business and/or working from home?
I started this ironically by trying to get my sister-in-law to do it.I found an article on how medical transcription was a good job for stay-at-home moms, which she was about to be. I then thought, why don’t I give it a try? I did some research, decided it was what I wanted to pursue and began an at-home course to learn how to do it.
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