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11/27/2007 7:37:55 PM EDT
on a online aplication for a job it asked me my typing speed..i took a online typing test (on a different sight) to see...i only got 40 Words per minute...i was like WTF???

so i had someone read it to me (i can type with out looking a the key board kind of but i need to look down once in a while...so anyway my second try i did 69...

so anyway what is a decent speed in the white collar world???
11/27/2007 7:39:18 PM EDT
[#1]

Quoted:
on a online aplication for a job it asked me my typing speed..i took a online typing test (on a different sight) to see...i only got 40 Words per minute...i was like WTF???

so i had someone read it to me (i can type with out looking a the key board kind of but i need to look down once in a while...so anyway my second try i did 69...

so anyway what is a decent speed in the white collar world???


About 40 for nonclerical work.  I do medical transcription and I type 105 words a minute.
11/27/2007 8:03:48 PM EDT
[#2]
i think the test i used took off points for errors too, which if you did not notice from my post i have the spelling skills of a 2ng grader...

not sure why, i graduated college with honors, just could never spell...if it wanst for spell check my profesors might have caught on that im actually a dumb ass
11/27/2007 8:05:24 PM EDT
[#3]
80 Wpm, and corrections without looking at the keyboard or screen.
11/27/2007 8:11:42 PM EDT
[#4]
I average about 22 wpm