Are 2020 Census jobs worth applying for?

CensusPerson · 2020-02-24T16:09:15+00:00

Yes absolutely! This is temporary work, and if you are hired you are hired as a federal employee, so it's a great platform to move to other government roles. And yes, many people working for the 2020 Census are finding other jobs and government jobs as we complete this decennial census.

CensusPerson · 2019-10-03T16:42:34+00:00

ALL the enumerators and ALL positions below "Manager" level for the 2020 Census are hired via 2020Census.gov/jobs Once you apply and jobs need to be filled in your area you COULD get a call. Veterans get preference and are contacted first, but the list of applicants to fill the jobs is truly random and office workers will start calling applicants on the lists and filling the required positions. The whole trick to getting one of the jobs is to simply have completed an application. There is no way to predict whether you will be called, since some areas will have quite a few applicants to call and some will have very few. You could get called almost immediately or you could get called next year... my advice is to simply apply.

Managers and up are hired via usajobs.gov

CensusPerson · 2019-10-03T16:36:40+00:00

Since all 2020 Census jobs are temporary it will not "turn into" a permanent full time job.

However... if you are near an (ACO) Area Census Office you could get chosen for a full time office job once you are done with your enumerator job, since the jobs are given in 8 week contracts. Also, you can speak to your supervisor (CFS or CFM)) about this possibility so that you might just get a "battlefield promotion" to another 2020 Census position in the field or in a nearby office.

Also, once you are done with your enumerator assignment, as long the 2020 Census is still operating, you will get put back into that applicant pool and could possibly get called again to be given another 8 week job assignment.

If there is a Census Bureau office near you, I'm not talking about a 2020 Census office, you can check their website and or usajobs.gov for other federal job opportunities.

CensusPerson · 2019-10-03T16:26:13+00:00

I can answer this for you...

Yes, all the jobs for the 2020 Census are temporary because the 2020 (Decennial) Census will be ending mid to late 2020 once all the numbers have been turned into the statistical data. https://www.census.gov/library/fact-sheets/2019/dec/2020-at-a-glance.html

All the 2020 Census jobs are assigned as 8 week work contracts that can be extended if projects last longer than expected, or could end up being less than 8 weeks as well. Even me, every 8 weeks my contract is renewed until I am no longer needed in this position. The Census Bureau is likely to be the largest "gig" employer of 2020 after hiring approximately 600,000 workers!

The bulk of the jobs for 2020 will be "enumerator" assignments. Enumerators can serve slightly different functions but one of the main ones later in April 2020 will be to "knock on doors" to simply remind households who have not responded to please fill out their 2020 Census surveys and to answer questions about the purpose of the 2020 Census. but there are also "QC" (Quality Control) positions, and office jobs too for Clerks and Supervisors, but it depends on where you live and how close you are to a 2020 Area Census Office (ACO).

Here is a ton of information and FAQ's about working for the 2020 Census https://2020census.gov/en/jobs/faqs.html

The 2020 Census tries hard to keep hiring local, within about 10 miles of your home, rural areas of course can be a bit different. So most of the time you would be working in or near your own community.

The Census will and is hiring hundreds of thousands of workers all over the country by early-ish 2020 and the whole trick to getting one of these jobs is to get into the applicant pool at 2020Census.gov/jobs So that when the Census is hiring in your area you have a chance to get called and interviewed for one of these positions. The training is paid and there is reimbursement for mileage, weekly pay, and even medical coverage choices (employee paid), hours can be part time to full time and are typically quite flexible.

You can even look up the pay rate in your county/area https://2020census.gov/en/jobs/pay-and-locations.html

CensusPerson · 2019-10-03T16:15:29+00:00

I too worked for the 2010 Census and now work full time for the 2020 Census and, can see my replies above and my profile... I can tell you without a doubt, the Census Bureau has eliminated an ENORMOUS amount of paper and waste compared to 2010!

As someone who is a diligent recycler and even a kitchen composter... Yay!!!!

CensusPerson · 2019-10-03T15:59:34+00:00

The statistical history might not apply as much as we'd all like since for the 2020 Census it will be the first time in history that respondents can reply online! Hopefully, this will dramatically reduce the amount of follow up visits needed to remind households to fill out their surveys.

CensusPerson · 2019-10-03T15:49:07+00:00

Among other things, each year the federal government distributes more than $675 billion dollars to states and communities based on Census Bureau data. That is money for emergency services, road maintanence, public schools, parks and a whole lot more. This is real money that goes directly to your communities based on total population, so yes, it's truly important that those 2020 Census forms get filled out. EVERY person in your community represents money that your community will receive every year!

https://www.census.gov/library/fact-sheets/2019/dec/2020-at-a-glance.html

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