Well Glen, I guess that we'll never come together with the notion, that if one has a national certification, hire and train them, regardless. I don't need to acquire an ASCP Certification. I need for lab managers to respect my AMT Certification and hire and train me. Lab managers who think in your fashion lack the ...

Hi There Stacy, You have the spirit and vision that's needed to attract up and coming laboratorians. If other MT's thought like you I probably wouldn't be unemployed right now. You are certainly an inspiration to up and coming laboratorians. A lot of lab managers are MT's. Because I'm AMT Certified with no lab experience, with the exception ...

Hi There George,   It’s great to hear from you. Thanks for the tip on looking for work in Chi-town. Congrats on your most impressive credentials and status in the medical clinical laboratory. George, I feel that there is too much concentration on what certification a candidate has or where he/she went to school. Obtaining certification with ...

The merger does nothing to remedy the shortage of medical clinical laboratory personnel. AMT is an organization for the non-physician up and coming laboratorians & already established non-physician laboratorians. We need AMT because AMT is doing more to try and remedy the shortage of medical clinical laboratory personnel. AMT keeps up with the ...

Oh Wow, this shows how much clinical laboratorians need an upgrade in salaries. Hell, Federal minimum wage will catch up with our salaries soon.

Well, hi there. It's a sure pleasure to meet you. Yeah, I feel you. I work at a research facility and techs and nurses sometimes show up in jeans and t-shirts. Research is extremely important. Everybody stares at me when I come to work. I guess because my lab coat is so bright that it hurts the eyes. My shoes are so shiny that one can ...

  Hello There Stacy,   It's great to hear from a well established professional medical clinical laboratorian such as your self. Your so right to mention that we need togetherness. Our industry is just as vital as the nursing industry. We do more to help the doctor find a diagnosis than nurses do. We have to fight for higher salaries ...

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High 5 to all the professional medical laboratorians here. I certainly hope that everybody gets the pay and recognition that they want. The thought of there being a medical lab personnel shortage seems to be a joke to me. While searching vigorously for an entry level medical laboratory technician opportunity I’ve noticed that there are hardly any ...

Hi There Linda, I'm sick of school too. I'm still trying to find an entry level job as an mlt. Since I'm also a certified pc tech I've looked in to Lab Information System Consultant jobs. What I found out is that there seems to be more mlt/MT jobs available than Lab Information System Consultant jobs. What's more, is that if one doesn't have a ...