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Vanessa Tejeda, 25, started a new job at Swedish Hospital in November. Tejeda, a certified nursing assistant, lives in the Albany Park neighborhood with her three kids, who range in age from 1 to 6. She left her old job at a nursing home last year to care for her sick grandfather. When it was time to find a new job, she applied to work for a handful of nursing homes and hospitals on Indeed. Advertisement Tejeda received a couple of job offers she declined: One because the schedule wouldn’t allow to get her kids to school in the morning and one because it didn’t pay enough. She likes her new job working overnights in a medical…