2-2 INFORMATION REPORTING IS RELEVANT TODAY

The information reporters who develop the ability to use the shorthand machine as the input device for text entry are availing themselves of a multitude of job opportunities. In the "Information Age," companies are searching for staff that can input text at high accurate rates of speed. These companies are looking nationwide for well-trained information reporters who have good vocabulary, excellent English skills, good transcription skills, and the ability to turn their work around quickly.

Many companies know they have the requirement for high speed text entry, but they do not realize that information reporting is the answer for which they have been waiting. Students and schools should make spreading the message "Information Reporting for Corporate America" an everyday task.

That is why stories about reporters transcribing rap on primetime television and articles like this one that appeared in many Sunday papers across the US are so important in spreading the word:

"New software Creates Careers in Rapid Data Entry"