I was offered a Census Job! I am ecstatic!

[The Genealogist]

I got a call this morning offering me a census job. Not an enumerator, but rather an evening 40 hr a week position in payroll that could last til the office closes in September! I have been out of work since October, and I am practically crying tears of Joy! :bounce:

[Brickbat]

1. Congrats!

I did some work as an enumerator last week, and am hoping for a call back for more work. We'll see.

[The Genealogist]

2. I hope you get it!

From what the enumerator position was described as, it can be a fairly unpleasant position (threats against enumerators by nuts who don't want "gubmint intrusion). May I ask what your experience was like?

[Brickbat]

4. Oh, it was fine -- just one day of work.

While I live in a very rural area, it's also very blue, so I wasn't worried about scary people. Also, I'm physically imposing and usually walk around with a badass expression on my face; I don't get much trouble :) I was enumerating campgrounds and resorts where people who have no other place to live might be living. In northern Minnesota in March, that would be ZERO. I did get a nice five-mile walk in the woods, however, which I wasn't expecting.

[auntAgonist]

3. good news! Congrats. n/t

[gmoney]

5. Congrats...

Sounds a lot better than going out into neighborhoods and asking heavily armed Tea Party dopes why they refused to fill it out...

[MicaelS]

6. Congratulations...as the old saying goes..

The best cure for poverty is a job.

[JonLP24]

7. Do you need a car?

I heard you need a car and I don't have one. If not is there still time to apply?

BTW congrats! :toast:

[Orrex]

8. Depends on the region and the particular job, I believe

If you're a field enumerator, you pretty much need a car. Someone who's stationed in an office could probably make do with public transportation.

It's definitely worth applying--I understand that the census office jobs can have a pretty high turnover, so you might have an opportunity!

[Orrex]

9. Terrific! Great for you!

:hi:

[graywarrior]

10. Fantastic!

[Kat45]

11. Congrats! I'm training for my Census job right now.

I'll be an enumerator doing group living quarters. There is one overnight when a group of enumerators will be going out to count homeless people.

[TK421]

12. Congratulations! Since it is seasonal, do they automatically hire you back

once they start up again? I was told to ask about employment with them...but don't they give you some kind of test for it? Just curious is all

[XemaSab]

13. You have to take a test to be on the eligibility list

If you go to census.gov you should be able to find a number to call to go take the test.

[TK421]

14. Okay, thanks!

:hi: how you doin'? I haven't seen you in a while!

[XemaSab]

15. Been doing better since I quit the census

:D

[TK421]

16. LOL!!! was that serious? cause that would be a fucking DUzy!

:spray:

[XemaSab]

17. Sad to say that was 100% serious

The census could have been a cool job, but one of the managers was a flaming bitch and I couldn't deal, so I got something else going on. :D

[TK421]

19. There's always gotta be a flaming bitch ( or prick in my case ) to foul shit up

at least you're in a better place for it!

[The Genealogist]

22. Right on the test

I took an eligibility test in November. The test was not super hard, though a few questions were a tad tricky; I think I missed one out of 27 or 28 questions. It doesn't cost you anything to take the test, except for the time. I don't have before me the number I called to get signed up for the exam. Everyone I have spoken to with the census has been very pleasant.

[bigwillq]

18. Awesome!

Congrats! :toast:

[Skittles]

20. it is important work

good luck to you!

[Writer]

21. Hugs! What wonderful news!

:hug:

[The Genealogist]

23. Thank you all for the congrats!

I have felt better today than I have in a while. Been nice not to have to fret over what I am going to do about a job for a day!