As census forms are being mailed nation-wide, recruiters are still in need of local help with the required count.
Census forms should be mailed out by March 15th, with each barcoded with an address. A second mailing will be done on April 1st and if residents haven’t responded by that time, census workers will “hit the streets.”
Census workers will try to make contact with the residents of the home and get the official count as close as possible, Partnership Assistant Jim Galvin said. Up to six attempts will be made to locate people missed by the mail out.
“We got up six times to try and find someone there. As far as tax dollars go, that gets expensive so we are trying to find local help,” Galvin said.
To keep expenses down, residents are asked to fill out and return the forms as soon as possible, to avoid a visit from a census worker.
“It’s not cost effective...if someone 10 miles south of town doesn’t return their form, we would try to recruit someone locally to come out and visit them. Next choice would be Wichita and then obviously someone like me from Kansas City is the last measure. Because by the time you put in wages and mileage and whatever, it’s expensive. Plus, we want people who know the area,” Galvin said.
The government won’t know exactly how people to recruit until forms do or don’t come back, but Galvin says scores of workers are still needed, especially locally. The last number needed was 287 people, he said.
“It’s the rural areas and the inner city areas that we have a hard time hiring people,” said Galvin. “We’re kind of scrambling around,”
Work would consist of every evenings and weekends around 20 hours a week.
“It’s perfect for someone who’s retired, a student, a second job type of thing,” said Galvin. Full-time positions will also be available. Pay is $12.75/hr. plus mileage, Galvin said.
Job applicants will be required to take a 30-minute test and test sites are available throughout Sumner County.
“It’s fairly simple,” said Galvin.
The census is conducted every decade per the United States Constitution and helps determine the number of House of Representative seats a state receives. It also helps put $4 billion of funding for different programs where it needs to go, Galvin says.
“Knowing the amount of people living in a particular area helps decide where schools and roads and things like that are built,” said Galvin. “The bottom line is it had a big determination of what money comes back to you.”
For more information on getting a census job, go to www.2010censusjobs.gov or call 1-866-861-2010.
|
|
|
As census forms are being mailed nation-wide, recruiters are still in need of local help with the required count.
Census forms should be mailed out by March 15th, with each barcoded with an address. A second mailing will be done on April 1st and if residents haven’t responded by that time, census workers will “hit the streets.”
Census workers will try to make contact with the residents of the home and get the official count as close as possible, Partnership Assistant Jim Galvin said. Up to six attempts will be made to locate people missed by the mail out.
“We got up six times to try and find someone there. As far as tax dollars go, that gets expensive so we are trying to find local help,” Galvin said.
To keep expenses down, residents are asked to fill out and return the forms as soon as possible, to avoid a visit from a census worker.
“It’s not cost effective...if someone 10 miles south of town doesn’t return their form, we would try to recruit someone locally to come out and visit them. Next choice would be Wichita and then obviously someone like me from Kansas City is the last measure. Because by the time you put in wages and mileage and whatever, it’s expensive. Plus, we want people who know the area,” Galvin said.
The government won’t know exactly how people to recruit until forms do or don’t come back, but Galvin says scores of workers are still needed, especially locally. The last number needed was 287 people, he said.
“It’s the rural areas and the inner city areas that we have a hard time hiring people,” said Galvin. “We’re kind of scrambling around,”
Work would consist of every evenings and weekends around 20 hours a week.
“It’s perfect for someone who’s retired, a student, a second job type of thing,” said Galvin. Full-time positions will also be available. Pay is $12.75/hr. plus mileage, Galvin said.
Job applicants will be required to take a 30-minute test and test sites are available throughout Sumner County.
“It’s fairly simple,” said Galvin.
The census is conducted every decade per the United States Constitution and helps determine the number of House of Representative seats a state receives. It also helps put $4 billion of funding for different programs where it needs to go, Galvin says.
“Knowing the amount of people living in a particular area helps decide where schools and roads and things like that are built,” said Galvin. “The bottom line is it had a big determination of what money comes back to you.”
For more information on getting a census job, go to www.2010censusjobs.gov or call 1-866-861-2010.
