INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Hospitals, clinics, and physician's offices employee medical transcriptionists to work on-site. The best way to find job openings is to make a list of hospitals and physician's offices in your area and call them. You can also use job posting websites such as Craigslist and Monster.com. If you work in a physician's office, you may have additional administrative duties such as scheduling appointments and answering phones. Be professional when you call physician's offices. For example, you might say "I am a Registered Healthcare Documentation Specialist and I wanted to offer my services to your office." Third-party transcription services are run off-site from hospitals and physician's offices. They tend to have a more traditional office-like atmosphere where you will work in a cubicle surrounded by other medical transcriptionists. If you like a structured nine-to-five environment, working for a third-party transcription service may be for you. This option will require you to be at work for specified hours every day. You can find transcription services job postings on websites like Craigslist, Monster.com, and Indeed.com. One of the benefits of becoming a medical transcriptionist is that many physician's and hospitals will allow you to work from home. This option will give you the most flexibility as you'll be able to make your own hours. Working from home will require you to purchase your own equipment. You'll need a good computer with an internet connection, a foot-pedal and transcription software, a place to work. Foot pedals allow you to start and stop the recordings you are transcribing without having to lift your hands off the keyboard. You can purchase foot pedals and the corresponding transcription software online at stores like Amazon.com, or you can find them at stores like OfficeMax. If your goal is to work from home, make sure to specify this when you call physician's offices. For example, you might say, "I'm a home-based medical transcriptionist and I'm looking to add to my client list." Whether you'll be working in a physician's office, for a third-party transcription service, or from home, you'll need to apply for the job. Most employers will ask for a copy of your resume, as well as proof of any training or certifications you may have. Make your resume more attractive to employers by emphasizing transcription-related skills from your previous jobs. If asked how your previous experience applies to the job of a medical transcriptionist, you might say, "I previously worked in customer service, where I spent a lot of time listening to people and typing notes on a computer. This work prepared me for the multitasking required of a medical transcriptionist."

SUMMARY: Work in a physician's office. Work in a third-party transcription service office. Work from home. Apply for positions.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Popular people are able to easily start conversations with different types of people. This can be scary or uncomfortable. Smile, make eye contact, and use a conversation starter that makes sense for the situation. You can always give a compliment. Try saying, "I love your ____ , where did you get those?" You can simply introduce yourself by saying, "Hi, my name is ___ ." If you are at some type of museum or exhibit, "This piece is really great. Are you familiar with this artist?" or "I love this type of stuff. Do you know of any other places I should check out?" Having a few go-to conversation starters keeps you from getting too nervous when talking to new people. Eye contact takes practice and can be especially difficult if you have low self esteem. Start with 5 seconds, and work your way up. To break up the eye contact look at another feature on their face (never below the chin, and never over their shoulder),then come back to their eyes. Making eye contact shows the person that you are interested in them and creates a connection between you and the other person. Make more eye contact when you are listening to a person than you do when you are the one speaking. Look people in the eye and smile when you see them. It makes you look more attractive and will make the other person feel good. Smiling will even improve your mood. You will probably find that if you smile at a person, they will smile right back at you because smiling is contagious. A genuine smile draws other people to you and can help you make new friends. Smiling signals to other people that you are a happy, positive person; the type of person people love to be around.

SUMMARY: Know how to start a conversation. Make eye contact when you talk to people. Smile at people.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: That way you won't have to carry a heavy canoe to the launching point. Put lighter items in the front and back of the canoe. Pack heavy items at the center of the canoe. Make sure everything is securely in place so it doesn't shift during your trip. Tightly pack things under the seats in the canoe to help keep them from shifting when you're on the water. The bowman sits in the front of the canoe, and the sternman sits in the back. Make whoever wants to be on look-out duty the bowman. The sternman will be responsible for steering the canoe. The bowman should alert the sternman of any obstacles in the water so the sternman can steer the canoe around them. The sternman is responsible for letting the bowman know when to switch sides with their paddle. It's important you wear a life jacket any time you're canoeing. Make sure your life jacket fits properly. It should feel snug when you put it on. Never put a child in an adult-sized life jacket. If you're canoeing with children, make sure they have child-sized life jackets that fit them snugly. If you're launching off a dock, tie both ends of the canoe to the dock using rope. If you're launching off a shore line, have your partner hold the canoe steady while you get in. Bend your knees and grab onto the side of the canoe closest to you. Set one of your legs into the center of the canoe and grab onto the far side of the boat with your hand. Carefully bring your other leg into the canoe. If you're the bowman, sit on the bench at the front of the boat. If you're launching from a dock, untie the canoe from the dock once the bowman and sternman are both in. Carefully push off from the dock with your hand or paddle. If you're launching from shore, the sternman will need to push off as they're getting in so the canoe goes into the water. To launch from shore, start with the front of the canoe in the water and the back of the canoe up on land. Once the bowman is seated, the sternman should place one leg in the canoe. Then, the sternman should push off with their other leg as they bring it into the boat.

SUMMARY:
Pack the canoe close to the water. Designate a bowman and a sternman. Put on a life jacket. Secure the canoe before you get in. Get into the canoe carefully. Push off to the launch the canoe.