<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Julie, One easy way to start this process is to do a Google search of the person's name. If anything turns up, you could then take it a step further and possibly pay a firm for a more extensive search.</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>This method is far from foolproof, but it is better than nothing. </span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Yes, it would be best to do this for volunteers as well as job applicants.</span></div><div></div><div> </div><div>Frederick J. Kirby, Library Director<br>Benton Harbor Public Library<br>213 East Wall St.<br>Benton Harbor, MI 49022<br>269-926-6139 (voice)<br>269-926-1674 (fax)<br>libraryfjk@yahoo.com</div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman,
new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <div class="hr" style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" contenteditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Julie Grynwich <nblibrary@comcast.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> michlib-l@mail.mcls.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, October 8, 2013 1:35 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Michlib-l] background checks<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>
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--></style><div><div class="yiv1954902844WordSection1"><div class="yiv1954902844MsoNormal">Sorry if this has been addressed before… how do you do background checks on employees and volunteers? Do you use a service, or do you do an in-house method? Also, do you do them for your volunteers?</div><div class="yiv1954902844MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv1954902844MsoNormal">Thanks!</div><div class="yiv1954902844MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv1954902844MsoNormal">Julie Grynwich</div><div class="yiv1954902844MsoNormal">New Buffalo Township Library<br>269-469-2933<br><a href="mailto:nblibrary@comcast.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:nblibrary@comcast.net">nblibrary@comcast.net</a></div><div class="yiv1954902844MsoNormal"> </div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Michlib-l mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Michlib-l@lists.mcls.org"
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