Chicago-based Cook County Health currently has about 5,500 employees and is looking to fill another 2,000 vacancies, according to an Aug. 29 report from WBEZ.
Category: Workforce
Food, entertainment and staycations: Vanderbilt Health expands worker incentive toolbox
Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health said it will launch a new employee awards program in September that offers workers perks, discounts and a grand prize staycation.
Rising housing costs hinder hospital operations
As housing prices rise, hospital hires stall, and prime examples of that trend have emerged in Alaska and Idaho.
Long COVID-19 keeps up to 4 million out of work, report estimates
Long COVID-19 is keeping between 2 million to 4 million Americans out of work, according to an Aug. 24 report from the Brookings Institute.
Albany Med System partners with local college to create nursing staff pipeline
Albany (N.Y.) Med System will team up with Troy, N.Y.-based Russell Sage College to create a new program for nursing students, in an effort to alleviate the national nursing shortage.
Some pros have a better idea for quiet quitters: Just quit
Is “quiet quitting,” a trend gaining traction on social media that encourages workers to diminish their enthusiasm at work and refrain from exceeding expectations, the second-rate version of actually resigning?
Massachusetts health system invests $7M in workforce development
Pittsfield, Mass.-based Berkshire Health Systems will invest $7 million in its workforce development program, according to a sponsored article published in The Berkshire Eagle on Aug. 23.
Mount Sinai opens 2 exhibits honoring COVID-19 staff
New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System has opened exhibits in two of its hospitals celebrating staff who worked through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cleveland Clinic nears goal of hiring 1,200 city residents by year’s end
Cleveland Clinic said it is well on its way to hitting its goal of hiring 1,200 Cleveland residents in 2022.
Job recovery for women still 100,000 shy of pre-pandemic level
As COVID-19 restrictions ease, the male workforce is stepping back to a pre-pandemic rhythm. For women, however, job restoration has been slower, USA Today reported Aug. 21.
