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I got my CPC-A last October and have been looking for a job ever since. I have had several interviews all of which say we would hire you if you had a little bit of experience!! Any suggestions????
Dear friends,
I just read some negative remarks and saw frustration among many on these posts.
Ok lets talk what sell .
Success never comes from frustration and negativity
Success comes from positive mind, right attitude and improving the area which may cause blockage in getting the job.
After getting certification we all worked hard it means we had enough courage and brain to pass this and learn at job then what is stopping is our own negative self which does nothing except wasting time and energy .
BE POSITIVE AND LOOK AT YOUR RESUME , LOOK AT YOUR INTERVIEW STRATEGY , LOOK AT YOUR JOB SEARCH TECHNIQUE AND MANY MORE
EVERYONE GETS SUCCESS WHO KNOWS HOW TO GET SUCCESS
I got my CPC-A last October and have been looking for a job ever since. I have had several interviews all of which say we would hire you if you had a little bit of experience!! Any suggestions????
I got my CPC-A last October and have been looking for a job ever since. I have had several interviews all of which say we would hire you if you had a little bit of experience!! Any suggestions????
if you have the time, volunteer in the field to gain experience. Try some online companies that may hire you. Don't give up. Look for billing jobs as well because this is experience or can lead to experience.
You guys need to stop suggesting that people volunteer or intern; it is reckless and irresponsible.
One, I’d assume most of us need to provide for ourselves and our family, as well as make money to support the things we enjoy doing outside of work. Two, you’re just giving all of the myopic coding managers more power over new coders. If people keep taking unpaid positions, they’re going to keep offering them.
Do not ever work for free, period. You are worth so much more.
My point is that the system is garbage, is broken, and needs change. People volunteering to work for free to appease the short-sighted old people who work in coding management is not going to change that system.
I don’t have a coding position, and I’d much rather fail and not get one than work for free and become a corporate sellout, as you seem to have.
You can defend the “secret society” nature of coding departments all you want, but eventually the people they keep recycling through for these jobs will retire, and they’ll be left with nobody because they’re too short-sighted and/or stupid to realize that people are intelligent enough to code and learn how to code without prior experience.
Nice, thanks for completely skipping over my point and injecting more useless cliches and platitudes into the discussion that provide no substantive help to anybody. I’m sure everyone appreciates it.
Talent over tenure. Never work for free.
Because you’re all enabling a system in which unqualified coding mangers can hold disproportionate amounts of power over prospective employees, treat us like unintelligent trash, and force us to proverbially come crawling on hands and knees, begging for a job that we earned the right to apply for. Given the amount of money being circulated in this industry, there is absolutely no justification for offering unpaid positions under the guise of “building experience”.
Look at all the people who post with the same issue...and it doesn’t occur to you that maybe the system is broken and could use some reform? This is not normal.
Are you just going to continue venting your contempt for "the system" to the posters here? Which, by the way, does not seem like a good use of your time or resources.
If you want to change "the system" you should be contacting people with the power to change it, not lashing out to random posters on an internet message board who come here to try to help people.
The problem is that you’re clearly an incredibly dense individual (whether willfully or otherwise) with a rudimentary grasp of reading comprehension.
I’ve very clearly stated what I think the solution is. Replace unqualified coding managers with people who don’t need everything spelled out for them to identify talent. Stop being cheap with regards to training and give prospective new coders a chance to hone their skills instead of recycling the same pool of people. Stop forcing newly certified coders to work for free when there are billions of dollars being circulated throughout this industry. Consider a prospective employee’s potential instead of reducing them to what’s on their resume because the hiring managers are too short sighted or stupid to think critically. Is that clear enough for you bro?
How does this work? Must admit that I have been in one particular field for over 20 years and I only have to apply to get an interview and offer for a job in nursing. So I don’t know how to go about offering to volunteer but for a couple hours a day I would be willing to get in the door. If someone would be willing to post a “how to” I would appreciate it!!
I am testing in April, so I not officially certified but it’s not far away. Would love to have a plan of action ready.
Thanks in advance!
While I do not so much agree with @doctordrakemoray's tone, I do agree with his premise. There is no communication between the industry and the professional organizations which train its employees. AAPCs certification process is set up to allow for entry level coders and also to differentiate those new in the industry from those with at least some practical experience. However either the industry itself has not adapted to the blueprint laid out by AAPC, or AAPC has not properly prepared their members for gainful entry into the job market. I see countless people complain about not getting a job in the field because they want experience they cannot get without being employed. This creates a barrier to employment which is frustrating and which I believe AAPC has done little to address.
While I understand the idea of volunteering, I do not find it productive and forward moving. To me its tantamount to highly trained musicians being asked to play for the "exposure" when the venue just wants to be cheap. (As a classical musician, I see this constantly) It is also not practical for a majority of those in the job market. Unless an unpaid internship is part of the overall education as a coder, the comparison to physicians does not hold water.
I have also experienced difficulty in finding employment due to lack of experience even though I have led revenue cycle departments for the past 5 years of several facilities, many with revenues over $10 million annually. I have been through intense audits and even mediation with insurance companies, but since I did not have experience in a particular scope of practice, my macro experience in the revenue cycle was not good enough. I have also been laughed out of an interview for a revenue cycle director position because I am a CPB instead of a CPC. (Another area where AAPC's lack of education of their certifications to the industry has been lacking) So yes there is a bit of bitterness and reevaluation of the value of my credential after being forced to take a nearly 70% pay cut just to be employed.
I honestly do not know what the solution may be, but I do think AAPC should at the forefront in the lobbying for change. People are not going to continue to pay for membership, credentials and CEUs if they feel as if they are getting no value. I cannot see the value for those who are waiting sometimes years to break into the industry. I know that I am letting my membership and certification lapse this June because I feel as if I paid out much more than I have gained.