The bureau will set up shop in late February as it prepares to count everyone in America.
Between 1,000 and 1,200 people will be hired to fill positions in new bureau offices in Alpharetta, Duluth, Atlanta North, Decatur, Douglasville, Stockbridge, Athens and Dalton in the coming month, Ed Davis, a coordinator for the bureau’s Atlanta region, told the AJC.
The agency will hire managers, field supervisors and enumerators at an average pay rate of about $18.75 an hour for the 12-week long positions. Both full- and part-time positions will be available.
Potential employees must be U.S. citizens with no felony record and cannot be part of any law enforcement agency. Those seeking employment with the agency must also pass a general test.
“We’ll start hiring in mid- to late-February,” Davis said. “We’re recruiting now to get people into testing. It’s a very general test to make sure people can read and write and follow instructions, those kinds of things.”
For information: 866-861-2010, https://2010.census.gov/2010censusjobs/
-gerald radford
