amorgan777
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I was a medical receptionist for 4 years until I was laid off in March because of Covid (it was a small office and since the amount of patients on the schedule was drastically reduced they couldn't afford to pay me). I decided to take the CPC and Medical Terminology courses in the hopes that once I passed the CPC exam I would be able to find a better paying job. I passed the exam in October and was so excited to start job hunting but it seems like no one wants to hire a CPC-A. I didn't realize at first but the Practicode course was included in my package so I have been trying to concentrate on completing it thinking that if I can just remove the A, someone will be willing to hire me. I talked to a recruiter a few months ago that was trying to put me in another medical receptionist position and when I told her I wanted to find a coding position, she basically told me it was impossible! She said just about everyone wants to hire someone with years of experience but how are you supposed to get experience without actually doing it?! I'm really struggling with what to do next, I'm probably going to lose my unemployment benefits at the end of the month and I may HAVE to get a job doing what I know until I can figure this out. I had it stuck in my head that once I got my certification I would find a wonderful job and now I'm starting to think that's not possible and I did all this for nothing. Another thing is that I was holding off on getting the 2021 books thinking that my future employer would supply them but now that 2021 is right around the corner, I should go ahead and get them and learn about the changes so I can keep up. Does anyone have any advice? Do I need to take another certification course before I can get a job in coding?