Re: Different clients, different styles. How do you do it?

I would do that - IF I was desperate for work. THis kind of thing stresses me out way too much to put up with otherwise.

DJGordon wrote:
I have my own service and it gets done the client's way. I may show references to them if I don't agree with something and we negotiate, but I certainly can't imagine keeping clients if I told them my way or no way...or even BOS way or no way. I may not do strict MT, but I do work with medical terminology all the time and it's still the client's preference no matter what.

Dani

"VickieHerndonCMT" <vickieboinkherndon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:TO6dnW67BqSox4reRVn-jA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I make separate folders as I do QA and when you do QA, you do most of the accounts and all have different specifics. I have only worked for nationals. Eventually you learn them and don't need them, but I generate a file for each client. I am so organized it is pathetic, BUT it pays off.

I don't know what I would do if I had just one client all the time because I am used to juggling many.

Now, if I had my own service, I would hope I could be like Giselle and name the style and the rules, but the nationals do not operate that way.

It gets easier the more you do.

Vickie
"Anne Vasquez" <annevasquez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:dsIRe.2138$Kk1.1626@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I work on several different accounts, all with different style requirements. Maybe there is a more efficient way, but I keep a note taped to my desk listing the areas that differ between the reports and the wishes of each account. I'm sure it could easily be done with a computer file as well, but I like having hard copy right there where I can see it.

Anne


CindyB wrote:

If you do work for more than one client or service and they each want
things differently, do you have any tips or tricks to keep them
straight?

Say client A wants all medications in caps, regardless of whether or
not they are generic, but client B says not to cap generics. Or client
C wants you to type out numbers and client D says to always use
numerals. What do you do? For the sake of this thread, lets assume that the rules are written in
stone and nobody is going to change. How do you keep it all straight?
Do you just trust your memory? Take copious notes? Do something fancy
with your expander program? Are there tricks to remembering who wants
what when and where? I hope nobody minds me picking brains here. I'm trying to offer some
advice and encouragement to a few people in this situation. But, since
I've never been in this situation, it's not really my area of
expertise. So, I come to the experts.

CindyB 




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