Ohio Treasurer Kevin L. Boyce announced yesterday that the U.S Census Bureau will hire 24,000 Ohioans to make sure everyone is counted during the 2010 Census. Nationwide, the Bureau is seeking to hire hundreds of thousands of census takers to help locate households and conduct brief personal interviews with residents in an effort to ensure that everyone is counted in the 2010 Decennial Census.
These short-term jobs will offer good pay, paid training and reimbursement for work related expenses, such as mileage incurred while conducting census work. The treasurer pointed out that schedules are flexible, and could range from 20 to 40 hours per week. Some assignments could last until June 2010.
“Ohio, like many other states across the US have witnessed an increase in jobless rates, “said Treasurer Boyce. “These census jobs not only offer residents the opportunity to work, while they are in transition, but allow these workers to perform an important service for their community.”
The 2010 census will determine the distribution of $400 billion annually of government funding for critical community services. As chair of the 2010 complete count committee, Treasurer Boyce said the data collected for the Census will also help to decide Ohio’s representation in the U.S. House of Representatives during the next decade.
The employment test consists of 28 multiple-choice questions designed to measure the applicants skills and abilities required to perform a variety of census jobs.
To be scheduled for a test immediately, contact: 1-866-261-2010 or visit: www.2010censusjobs.gov. For a list of available jobs, visit: www.ohiomeansjobs.com
