Full Text of HR0599 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to commend Barbara McDonald for her many | 4 | | years of dedicated service to the citizens of the State of | 5 | | Illinois and for her great dedication to the cause of equal | 6 | | opportunities for all; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Barbara McDonald has been employed with the State | 8 | | of Illinois for 22 years; she currently works for the Illinois | 9 | | Department of Central Management Services (CMS) Bureau of | 10 | | Personnel where she has held the title of human resources | 11 | | specialist with the Diversity Enrichment Program; she has | 12 | | assisted hiring agencies, boards, and commissions with their | 13 | | recruitment needs; she has also conducted career counseling | 14 | | services for thousands of candidates seeking employment | 15 | | opportunities with state government; her outreach, | 16 | | recruitment, and career counseling services have resulted in | 17 | | several hundred candidates being hired; she has assisted | 18 | | legislators in coordinating targeted outreach and recruitment | 19 | | events for their constituents and community members; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, In addition to her service at CMS, Barbara | 21 | | McDonald was employed with the Illinois Department of Human | 22 | | Services (DHS) for five years; during her tenure at DHS, she | 23 | | worked for one year as a human services caseworker within a |
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| 1 | | local office assisting clients with employment and training | 2 | | activities to aid them in obtaining gainful employment; she | 3 | | was promoted to a human resources representative with the | 4 | | Bureau of Personnel where she worked for four years; she | 5 | | supported hiring agencies, boards, and commissions with | 6 | | processing employee transactions for several thousand | 7 | | employees to meet payroll deadlines; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Barbara McDonald has been a member of numerous | 9 | | state and community organizations, including the Americans | 10 | | with Disabilities Act (ADA) Committee, through which she helps | 11 | | plan and conduct hiring events for persons with disabilities; | 12 | | she served on the Interagency Committee on Employees with | 13 | | Disabilities (ICED) to help recruit people with disabilities | 14 | | through outreach, recruitment, and annual conferences; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Barbara McDonald has been the recipient of | 16 | | numerous awards for her community service, including receiving | 17 | | recognition from the Illinois Association of Minorities in | 18 | | Government (IAMG), the WIOA (Workforce Innovation and | 19 | | Opportunity Act) Partners for aiding in passing the Act which | 20 | | is designed to help people with significant barriers achieve | 21 | | gainful employment and to help employers hire and retain | 22 | | skilled workers, and the Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition | 23 | | (CCLC) for conducting employment workshops on navigating the | 24 | | State of Illinois employment process; she received a |
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| 1 | | recognition certificate from the Global Executive Council | 2 | | (GEC) for help in providing outreach and recruitment | 3 | | assistance to Asian communities to help improve new hires with | 4 | | state government; following intensive state training and | 5 | | development, she successfully became a rapid results | 6 | | consultant to assist state government in conducting work tasks | 7 | | more efficiently and effectively; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Barbara McDonald serves as a model of hard work, | 9 | | integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 10 | | Illinois; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 12 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we commend Barbara McDonald for her many years of dedicated | 14 | | service to the citizens of the State of Illinois and wish her | 15 | | continued success and happiness in the future; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to Barbara McDonald as a symbol of our esteem and | 19 | | respect.
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