Rants on Job Searching While Jewish

I'm starting to think it may be like driving while brown or black.

I currently work whatever nights my current employer requires of me, which means at least 50% of Shabbats.  I can't really complain; I got this job before I seriously considered conversion and the staff is very small. 

However, I think it is important to at least attempt to find a position that both respects Shabbat and my school hours.  After all, I am willing to work Sundays, Christmas, Easter and New Year's!  I can't do repetitive heavy lifting for a few months (I broke a rib) and I'd prefer a job in health care, nutrition or fitness.

I'm looking at nursing homes, in-home health care companies, herb and supplement companies, clinics, hospitals.  I am willing to do nearly anything, including assisting elderly and disabled people with their bathroom needs. 

Unfortunately, several hospitals and hospices within an hour's drive of my home are owned by Catholic organizations.  So even to look at job postings online, I have to click past the mission statement:  "We carry on the healing mission of Jesus Christ..." and then continue past... "we are a diverse family of individuals who have a number of attributes in common. These include compassion, integrity, humility, passion and spirituality."  (Italics mine.)  Placing this on a job notice appears to be requiring employees to share their spirituality and therefore a violation of the Equal Opportunity Act.

9% of medical school applicants are Jewish.  26% are Asians or Asian Americans.  According to this article - http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/050714/doctorsfaith--.shtml, medical doctors are far more likely to be Hindu, Jewish, Buddhist and Muslim than are people from the general population.  The same article states that only 60% of medical doctors describe themselves as Catholic or Protestant, even though 80% of patients are so self-described.

Unfortunately, there is a loophole for this discrimination.  From the Equal Opportunity Commission:

"Religious Organization Exception: Under Title VII, religious organizations are permitted to give employment preference to members of their own religion. The exception applies only to those institutions whose “purpose and character are primarily religious.” Factors to consider that would indicate whether an entity is religious include: whether its articles of incorporation state a religious purpose; whether its day-to-day operations are religious (e.g., are the services the entity performs, the product it produces, or the educational curriculum it provides directed toward propagation of the religion?); whether it is not-for-profit; and whether it affiliated with, or supported by, a church or other religious organization."

A hospital with all Catholics on its board might claim it is an institution with a primarily religious purpose even if the rest of us believe its purpose is to deliver babies, perform open heart surgery and otherwise do major medical care we wouldn't want a preacher doing in church.

Considering hospitals are open 24/7/365, how would they expect to staff on Sundays and Christmas?

The employment page of a particular hospital hovered on my computer for over half an hour, while I decided whether or not I really wanted to click the "I agree" button at the bottom of the page so I could continue to view job openings.  I did finally click "I agree" and both of the two jobs for which I qualify had the same mission statement as part of the job description. We're talking front desk and dietary aide jobs here, not chaplain's assistant.

If they REALLY think they are continuing the healing mission of Jesus Christ, do they heal people for free and then celebrate with free wine afterwards?