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Human Resources Director
HealthSouth

Van Matre HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital is currently looking for a Human Resources Director  to join our hospital leadership team.

Van Matre HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital a joint venture between Rockford Health System andHealthSouth, is a 55-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital that offers comprehensiveinpatient andoutpatient rehabilitation services designed to return patients to leading active and independent lives.

The Human Resources Director plans, organizes and directs all aspects of Human Resources Management in such a manner as to ensure fair and equitable treatment of all employees, compliance with all company policies and legal aspects of employee/employer relationships.

Business Development Manager Media & Entertainment
EMC

EMC is looking for an exceptional business development leader that brings a good blend of business, technical, and marketing skills, to be responsible for increasing global business in the Media & Entertainment (M&E) vertical. You'll be responsible for the overall development of EMC Isilon's strategy in M&E workflows - including content creation, broadcast, and streaming media. Additionally, the candidate will be responsible for the prioritization and development of the strategic allianceswith industry-leading ISVs in editing, transcoding, media asset management, ingest, and content distribution. 

Inpatient Nurses
OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center

OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center is seeking inpatient nurses in the Critical Care, Cardiovascular Services and Telemetry Departments. Applicants must have a current Illinois RN license and American Heart Association Health Care Provider BLS CPR certification. You must also have one year of nursing experience or have completed an RN residency program. A Bachelor of Science in Nursing is preferred.

To apply, visit 
osfcareers.org.
Food For Thought
Many in our generation are making the decision whether or not to have children.  Parental Leave may play an important role in that conversation.  Take a look at the article below for some interesting information on the subject.

crawling-hallway-baby.jpg Parental Leave Can't Just Be For Mothers
HBR.org | By Avivah Wittenberg-Cox | March 18, 2015

Many companies and countries still seem to think that most children only have mothers. They talk about "maternity leave" and "flex time for mothers" and "on-ramping for new moms." Other companies and countries have moved into an entirely new terrain, where parenthood has become a gender-neutral concept.

 

The example everybody knows is Sweden, where "parental leave" replaced "maternity leave" back in 1974, to "ensure that women and men enjoy the same opportunities, rights and obligations in all areas of life." (Italics mine). So men and women are allowed to share the almost 70 weeks of paid leave. The kicker policy is that men are obliged to take at least 8 weeks of that, or lose the benefit. Or, in gender-neutral Swedish-speak: "Each parent is entitled to two months of non-transferable benefits." In Norway, it's 14 weeks. The head of one of the country's biggest employers' associations explains that the law "strengthens the man's position in the family, and the woman's in the workplace. Norway still needs it."

 

But I know that referencing the Nordic countries is like ranting about some kind of unachievable dream for most of the rest of humanity. So it's heartening that other places are beginning to follow suit. Germany and the UK have both now passed similar policies. Italy offers new dads three months of paid leave (although new moms get five). The governments of Luxembourg and the Czech Republic also offer subsidized leaves to both parents. South Korea allows partially paid leave for both parents for as much as year.

 

The exception - in fact, the complete outlier - on all these issues is the United States, where there are zero days of paid parental leave. There isn't even any paid maternity leave. The only other countries on the planet not to have any paid leave at all are Lesotho, Swaziland, and Papua New Guinea. (If many countries are guilty of assuming children only have mothers, is the assumption in these four countries that all children are entirely parentless?)

 

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Mark your calendar: April 14
Our next Professional Book Club Meeting is April 14 at 6:00pm at Mary's Market on State & Alpine! This time, we'll be reading
Toxic Charity  by Robert Upton.  

Join us for the discussion!  Grab a copy of the book from your favorite book seller or check out a copy from your local library!

All are welcome!  Don't have time to read the entire book?  No worries - join us for the discussion anyways!

(Oh, and there's half price wine at Mary's Market that night!)