Small museums have few luxuries, but one of them is the opportunity to
select staff without being compelled by any law to advertise.  It is not a
good practice, but in this case the "second choice" from last year's search
is certainly the result of a screening process.

The cost of a search is always a factor, and as per a previous thread,
people are sometimes hired without even visiting the site.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Meegan Carr" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 8:00 PM
Subject: Hiring Procedures


> Hello Everyone,
>
> I work for a small, private art museum.  Our director has resigned and the
> board wants to offer the job to  their second choice from a year ago
without
> performing any search.  The arguement is that since we are a private
> non-profit without funding from the government, except in grant form, we
do
> not have to do any kind of search.  Is this legal?  I seem to recall from
> somewhere that a museum has to do search or it jeopardizes the non-profit
> status.  I may be way off, but I would appreciate some feedback about this
> situation.
>
> Thank you very much!
>
> Meegan Carr
>
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