Help for jobless, don't wait, call a local Census office today

[Mithreal]

http://2010.census.gov/2010censusjobs/how-to-apply/

I worked in the 2000 Census. People of ALL ages are welcome and the pay is especially good for temporary work. Plus you get opportunity to exercise and learn some new skills. They have already begun testing. Make an appointment and go take the test. I think it is 28 questions and there is a practice test on the website in case you have test anxiety. Painless it is. You fill out some VERY basic employment questions the day of the test, then they call you in for training.

Do not wait. Call now. 1-866-861-2010

[Mithreal]

1. shameless kick for all the people who need work

[doc03]

2. In Ohio you must be physically able to work and seek a suitable

full time job. If I am working a part time job for the Census I am not available for full time employment. I don't think $11.00 is especially good pay when you consider you have go knock on some wing-nut's door that thinks Census takers are there to take their guns.

[Mithreal]

3. At least here, I have read pay is as high as $16/hr.

Is probably only for crew leaders and assistants though. That is a $4/hour increase over what I received in 2000. If the census takers didn't receive a similar raise, it would be a shame.

So you know, I often had people work in teams of two.

Just checked, $13.25 per hour for regular Census takers.

[Mithreal]

4. $13.25 per hour for regular workers in WA state.

[eleny]

5. $16.75 an hour in my area. In some other Colorado areas it can be as low as $13.00

I wonder why the difference?

[Mithreal]

7. Maybe state minimum wage laws are a base of sorts

haven't investigated though.

[doc03]

9. I'm not saying it is bad since many people are running out of

unemployment and anything is better than nothing. Myself I take home $600 a week with my unemployment and supplemental unemployment from my employer (that's the advantage of belonging to a Union). My employer also carries our health coverage for two full years after you are laid off.

[Mithreal]

11. I hear ya. I thought about how we have been scammed so badly

with employment and unemployment rules the way they are. I didn't think worse of your comment.

$12/hr is below what I even consider a living wage in a lot of places.

I have heard if we used real inflation numbers that national minimum wage if based upon 60's minimum wage and buying power we should have a minimum wage now over $16. Hope I said that right. Could be misremembering and didn't investigate it further though.

[doc03]

6. A couple weeks ago there were a couple people at the Mall

recruiting for the Census. They gave me a brochure that said census takes earn from $11.00 to I think $15.00 in Ohio. I checked the web site and there are different pay rates around the state. The large cities like Columbus or Cleveland were $15.00 an hour but in the rural ares here the pay rate is $11.00. I guess it must be based on the cost of living in different areas. I'm not so sure I would want to go up to a Cleveland crack dealers house unarmed and as him any questions either for even $30.00 an hour.

[Mithreal]

8. Oddly that came up here. The community members generally understood which houses

were "crack" houses.

In my experience, that is usually when a Team Leader steps in to help though. I know, I did on more than one occasion.

[MadHound]

10. Census jobs are great, don't get me wrong, but a word of warning

There are many people, at least in certain states and certain areas (mainly rural) that have been whipped into a frothing frenzy about the Census. Most of these people are RW idiots who've listened to too much Limbaugh/Beck/Faux, but nonetheless, they're in an uproar. I've heard threats of violence to be perpetrate against Census workers, everything from beatings to shooting them. Sure, a lot of this is just talk, but I'm sure that some of it isn't.

Be careful out there.

[Mithreal]

12. True. The Great Recession hasn't done anything to calm nerves.

[Mithreal]

13. Former military receive +5 points on the test as I understand it, on top of a possible 28.

[Mithreal]

14. 1-866-861-2010

[tonysam]

15. If it in any way damages your unemployment benefit, don't bother.

You have to be available for full time, "suitable" work. Temporary work isn't the same thing, and you don't want to jeopardize your UI to take a temp job, and then find you're screwed over UI.

In the past I was able to work part time and get UI, although I was penalized dollar for dollar after the first ten hours. The rules might still be true now.

[Mithreal]

16. Entirely true. Sad that it could be so.

[TheKentuckian]

17. Going Tuesday! Thanks for the reminder

[Mithreal]

18. You're welcome.

[Mithreal]

19. shameless kick 2 for the jobless

[CBR]

20. Yes. My unemployed brother got a 6 month contract with the Census

to work on IT issues.

[Mithreal]

21. Excellent news. We need a jobs program bigger than the Census too.

[Mithreal]

22. Get your jobs program right here.

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