***Update: We took the exam, here is our review / what to expect
Anyone participate in one before?
U.S. Census Bureau 2010 jobs website
Here is some information regarding the type of work.
The 2010 Census – A Great Way to Earn Extra Money
The U.S. Census Bureau is recruiting temporary part-time census takers for the 2010 Census. The pay is good, the hours are flexible, and the work is close to home.
Census taker jobs are excellent for retirees, college students, persons who want to work part-time, persons who are between jobs, or just about anyone who wants to earn extra money while performing an important service for their community.
What Are the Duties of a Census Taker?
Census takers usually work in their own neighborhoods or communities. They work varied hours, normally 20 to 40 hours per week. Assignments can last up to several weeks.
Census takers perform two main kinds of work: Updating address lists and conducting interviews. Applicants who apply for a census job will be considered for both types of work.
Updating Address Lists
The main address list updating operation is called Address Canvassing, which will take place in spring 2009. During the Address Canvassing operation, census takers visit all the places where people live or could live. The census taker must knock on each resident’s door and if someone answers explain that he or she is verifying the correct address for a short census questionnaire that will be mailed in 2010.
Conducting Interviews
The Census Bureau conducts several field operations that are aimed at counting people. Interviewing operations will take place in the spring and summer of 2010. These operations involve knocking on doors and conducting interviews with residents. The largest interviewing operation is called Non-Response Follow-up. Non-Response Follow-up is performed to get responses from people who have not returned the mail-delivered Census form.
What other jobs are available?
Besides census takers, some people will work as Crew Leaders or Crew Leader Assistants. These positions each coordinate the schedules and work of a team of census takers and meet with each census taker on a daily basis. Others will perform office work at Local Census Offices.
What is the work schedule?
Work schedules for census takers typically include from 20 to 40 hours of work per week. Some census operations (such as Address Canvassing) require you to work during daylight hours. For interviewing operations such as Non-Response Follow-up, you must be available to work when people are usually at home, such as in the evening and on weekends. Hours for office jobs are less variable but can involve shift work.
- You are able to read, write, and speak English.
- You are a U.S. citizen.
- You are a legal permanent resident, or non-citizen with an appropriate work visa, and you possess a bilingual skill for which there are no available qualified citizens.
- You are at least 18 years old.
- You have a valid Social Security number.
- You take a written test of basic skills.
- You have a valid driver’s license (for field jobs only).
- You pass a background check.
- You commit to 4 days of training. You will be paid for these days at your regular hourly rate. Training can be held either during daytime hours or during evening and weekend hours.
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I just saw an article about this in my local morning paper. It's definitely something worth checking out!
This looks like an interesting opportunity.
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Back in high school, I worked for the 2000 census, after the data was collected and needed to be sorted, and entered into computers. It was pretty boring, but a good way to make extra money, it paid for an entire year's worth of high school activities! I dunno about being an actual census taker, I don't like talking to strangers
After I took the test I was given a pamphlet by the Census employee. The pamphlet states that you can call to check the status of your application. I called a week later and was told they cannot check the status of my application "because it's all computerized and there is no way to look it up." Uh, okay.
Don't even bother. The test only takes half an hour, but you lose an additional one and a half hours of your life while other people fill out all the paperwork they should have brought with them ALREADY filled out, then take the test, get a perfect score, and never hear another word. BIG waste of time!!
We were informed that we would be notified of positions etc. around an April time frame.
I took the test January 2nd. I called a month later and they told me I got one wrong on the test. They called me last week on Friday, March 13th. Training is April 6th-10th and then I hit the pavement the following Monday. It's 17.50/hr and 0.55/mileage reimbursement.
Congratulations! I have my training the end of March. Do you know if we will be able to choose our own hours (as long as we are completing the required canvassing) or will we be told what days and hours to work? Thanks
I'm set to start training on April 6. Do you have to start the very next week or is that given as a option? The best part is the pay $20 an hour. It has been a work in patience as the Census bureau is very disorganized-at least the poeple I've had to deal with. My site has been changed three timesm and the times and the dates, twice. They offered me the position , then "forgot" that they'd done so. I spent a great deal of time on the phone with them "clarifying" my position. I hope they'll be more organized when it comes time to pay me!! Apparently many of the people who are doing the hiring are new as one lady told me it was her first day.
the called me i got training onapril the 27-30… wish me luck