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2020 Census
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Want to Join the Gig Economy? Join Census

Chinese Simplified
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Census is Hiring 500,000 Part-Time and Temporary Workers for 2020 Census Chinese Traditional
‘긱 경제(Gig Economy)’에 동참하시겠습니까?

센서스 인구조사와 함께 하십시오.

인구조사국은 2020년 센서스 인구조사에 대비하여
50만 명의 시간제 및 임시직 직원을 채용하고 있습니다.
French Haitian Creole
rom driving for a ride-sharing company to selling home- can work for the 2020 Census during their off hours.
Fmade crafts online, people in the United States are increas- “We’re always recruiting,” he said.
ingly earning extra income in new and creative ways.
These side jobs — or so-called gigs — are fueled by new opportu- Census Hiring Schedule
nities triggered by technology and a trend by companies to hire The 2020 Census is a count of every person living in the United
more part-time or contract workers. States on April 1, 2020, the official Census Day. It asks a few sim-
And now, the U.S. Census Bureau is on the verge of becoming the ple questions, including age and number of people living in the
largest gig employer next year. Japanese home. It not only counts people but also where they are living on Polish
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More than 500,000 temporary and part-time jobs are available as Census Day.
the Census Bureau ramps up hiring to conduct the 2020 Census The Census Bureau is set to launch its nationwide address can-
next year. vassing operation in August to update maps and address lists
Hiring has begun for a variety of jobs including census takers across the country.
who visit homes and office workers who check home addresses About 50,000 temporary census workers will check more than 50
among other things. Pay ranges from $13 to $30 an hour, de- million addresses throughout the nation over a six-week period
pending on where you live. to see if any new residences (or addresses) were added. The Cen-
sus Bureau wants to make sure that every address in the nation
High-Tech Census Portuguese Russian
receives an invitation in March 2020 to respond to the census.
The job of census taker, or enumerator, is going high-tech for the In early 2020, the Census Bureau will begin hiring census takers
2020 Census. to visit individual homes to help residents complete their forms
Gone are the days of lugging around big bags of forms, manuals if they haven’t already responded online, by phone or through a
and maps and boxes of documents. Now, enumerators will use paper questionnaire.
smartphones and laptops to update addresses and help people These door-to-door jobs are usually done in the evenings and on
respond to the census. weekends. Positions also will be available at regional and local
Mapping software developed by the Census Bureau will devise offices during more traditional daytime hours.
the best times to call on people at their homes and best routes to Until now, hiring was all done via paper applications and in-per-
Tagalog
reach them. Spanish son testing sessions. Now, it’s online. If selected, people will pro- Vietnamese
“Everything used to be on paper,” said Burton Reist, assistant di- vide fingerprints and undergo a background check before they
rector for communications at the Census Bureau. “We had boxes can begin working.
and boxes of paper. Now it’s all mapped out on the phone.”
Speak a Second Language? The Census Bureau Wants
A Great Second Job or Part-time Gig You
For the first time, people can apply online to work for the 2020 Despite low unemployment rates in much of the nation, the Cen-
Census. sus Bureau expects to fill all available jobs, said Timothy Olson,
“These jobs can be a great second job, and we’re pitching them the Census Bureau’s associate director for field operations.
to students, bus drivers, teachers and others,” said Jeff Behler, re- The Census Bureau is looking for people who speak non-Eng-
gional director of the Census Bureau’s New York Regional Office. lish languages, and those who live in neighborhoods with large
“You can work your 40-hour-per-week job and work for us on immigrant populations so that “our census takers look like the
the weekends and be successful.” neighborhood we’re counting,” Behler said.
Behler even recruits taxi and ride-sharing drivers, noting they He said that people who work as census takers seem to love the

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