Boyce says 2010 Census will create 24,000 jobs in Ohio
This in via e-mail from the office of Ohio Treasurer Kevin Boyce, an interesting link to also visit is here where you can see the variation in starting salaries paid to Census workers in Ohio. A quick example, Census workers in Toledo would earn $14.25 an hour; in Bowling Green it’s listed as $12.25 an hour; Cincinnati is $16.00 and hour and Mansfield is $11.50 an hour (there’s no explanation as to the variation in the minimum starting hourly rates on the website). The text of the Boyce release:
Boyce Announces 2010 Census Will Bring 24,000 Jobs to Ohio
U.S. Census Bureau is now accepting applications for Ohio’s 2010 Census Efforts
Columbus – Treasurer Kevin L. Boyce announced today 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: ohiomeansjobs.com.
We should do this census thing more often. haha
December 9th, 2009 at 5:41 pmMaybe Tom MO they need to do the census
December 9th, 2009 at 6:50 pmonce every 6 months to a year so those
24,000 can have some type of job every year!
hahaha. nothing beats job creation. hahaha Hopefully acorn will be in charge of this thing so we can get a good accounting of things.
December 9th, 2009 at 6:59 pmFact check article on Acorn and the 2010 Census
December 9th, 2009 at 7:04 pmLisa, as you know the plan was to have acorn play a very big role in the census, but that fell though because of all of the “problems” with that particular organization (remember, the census department dropped them? or did you miss that?).
You might not have noticed, but the acorn comment was tongue in cheek. However, acorn has been proven to have done no wrong in any of their activities based on a recently completed self examination. http://nlpc.org/stories/2009/12/08/harshbarger-audit-whitewashes-acorn-office-employee-lawbreaking
so I expect, based on the audit results, they will be getting billions from obama’s stash.
December 9th, 2009 at 7:30 pmActually if you read the fact check, that’s not the case, it was reported incorrectly as to Acorn’s role in the 2010 census.
Tongue in cheek or not, I’m not sure how far off topic we want to go, since it’s clear Acorn has no major role in the Ohio Census but since people are still misinformed as to Acorn’s role? Facts are important…
December 9th, 2009 at 7:33 pmAre you saying that the census department did not in fact drop acorn as a contractor?
December 9th, 2009 at 7:37 pmDid you read the link I shared?
Locke, April 23, 2009: [T]he Census will not be hiring anyone from ACORN. We use these so-called partners to get the word out and to spread the word about the need for people to respond and answer the questionnaires. …We control the hiring. We do not use any government funds to subcontract with any organization to do any activity. …We are not delegating anything to ACORN.
December 9th, 2009 at 7:40 pmLisaRenee Says:
“since it’s clear Acorn has no major role in the Ohio Census but since people are still misinformed as to Acorn’s role?”
I agree, facts are important, especially, as you say, it is still unclear what acorn’s role will be major or monor. It is very important to some people, but if you want to squash knowledge of this important issue, that is certainly within your control.
December 9th, 2009 at 7:44 pmThe link and the material are self explanatory for anyone interested in reading it. Can I control those who don’t want to believe facts? No, but it’s very clear that Acorn is not a contractor for the 2010 census and the misinformation put out there on that has been corrected for several months.
December 9th, 2009 at 7:50 pmSince acorn has proven to themselves to have not done anything wrong in any of their activities, I would expect the flood gates of our money to be opened so that they can continue to their goals. That should be a concern of all reasonable people.
December 9th, 2009 at 7:53 pmSince Acorn has nothing to do with the Census, nor were they ever going to have a contract role, what future actions or role they play in other areas really has no bearing on the Census. It has nothing to do with being reasonable, it has to do with does it relate remotely to the topic. Which I think has been addressed.
December 9th, 2009 at 8:13 pmOne last note. As you know, obama’s census department had planned to hire acorn to substantially manage the census of 2010. If you don’t want to admit that, well I expect you have your reasons (none of my business). The census department scraped the acorn involvement in the 2010 census for obvious political and criminal reasons, in my opinion.
We will have to wait and see what the future holds with respect to acorn and government projects.
December 9th, 2009 at 8:28 pmI don’t know that, there is nothing that indicates that Acorn was going to have any real role in the 2010 Census and the documentation proves that Acorn was not going to have a contract role. My motivation is a simple one, facts, and not misinformation, which you seem determined to keep trying to present. So, you believe what you want to believe? I’ll stick with the facts, which are simple and fairly clear on this issue. The story that Acorn was going to have a contract role in the 2010 Census was false, and the truth on that has been out there for months.
December 9th, 2009 at 8:50 pmLost in all this is that one of the jobs that will be lost in 2010 is Boyce’s. Strickland is down by 9 pts. in the latest Rasmussen poll, so the top of the ticket’s not loooking good, and Boyce’s opponent is a popular monied Republican from Cleveland. I believe he’s favored to win pretty ibg.
December 9th, 2009 at 9:37 pmThat’s not really lost in all of this, it has little bearing on the jobs that will be created. The 2010 Census will take place no matter who holds either office.
December 9th, 2009 at 9:39 pmWell, if you’re going to get all technical …
December 9th, 2009 at 11:15 pmI think the question should be what exactly constitutes job creation. These jobs are not permanent. Will they be a nice reprieve for people without jobs? Yes, of course but I think it’s a little dubious to have releases about the census to look as if it’s “job creation”. I wonder if someone will try to use these numbers to inflate how many jobs were created during their tenure…
December 10th, 2009 at 8:20 amOr course Acorn is going to do the census. The fact the the Whitehouse servered acorn shapped cookies at the Christmas ball proves it!
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/09/white-houses-acorn-cookies-surprises-republican-lawmaker/?test=latestnews
December 10th, 2009 at 10:14 amGood point SG, I saw that last night on Fox News too. Dispicable, isn’t it?
December 10th, 2009 at 10:29 amI’m sure all the hammer and sickle cookies when first.
December 10th, 2009 at 11:31 amNot hammer and sickle, probably had cookies shaped like this though.
December 10th, 2009 at 12:33 pmSujay did not hear about that particular poll. When was it taken???
I felt Strickland appointed Boyce to “get in” with the African-American voters, which some polls have Strickland not polling well with them.
I would have to figure that if Strickland loses, the ticket will be dragged as well. The only one i could see winning is Cordray, and he seems to please both Indy’s and some Republicans alike.
Plenty of time till the midterms though.
December 10th, 2009 at 5:23 pm(Where to start to get accurate info out there) – maybe here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/us/politics/12acorn.html
You are correct, NA, Census Bureau ties with ACORN have been severed. Type in “Census Bureau drops ACORN” and you get more info. I also thought everybody knew that, because it was briefly in the “news”, but all over the internet at the time. Lisa, the problem with your fact check article is that it is dated June of this year, whereas the Census Bureau action to drop ACORN was in (I think) September of this year.
And these are TEMPORARY jobs. Maybe 6 weeks tops for most who are hired. Some details (I have my sources) are that most of the positions are field positions that last a few weeks. The Toledo area office staff was hired last year during the preliminary setting-up part of the project [this was on TV when they were testing applicants]. Not everybody testing and applying will get a field (enumerator) position. Lots of people will be disappointed. But they will test thousands at various locations, through the various temporary offices throughout Ohio.
Here’s where that gets interesting. The temporary managers in each state have sort of what I would call “contests” to 1) get a certain quota of applicants for the applicant pool. In other words, they have hard-copy charts from regional offices as to how many applicants each local office has to test. And they compete against other state offices to be first to get their quota in. The feelings or hopes of those thousands of people applying for these 6-week field canvassing jobs are of no interest to your local temporary census office. The best test score to get is 100% because that will put your name up early in the hiring process.
But again, ACORN was such a bone of contention, that the Census Bureau, fearing people would not fill out Census forms during the official Census, severed ties with this organization.
December 12th, 2009 at 4:43 pmOne other fact about the temp managers and their contests. With the exception of older/retired temp managers – the rest of them are, in effect, auditioning for full-time jobs with their permanent regional offices after the 2010 census is completed. It’s very competitive, and somewhat nasty, including these managers frequently undermining one another.
But the Census will get done – because hard working, otherwise unemployed Americans, will go out there and do their best next year. They will only visit your home, by the way, if you decide not to fill out the form you receive in the mail.
December 12th, 2009 at 4:57 pmOnce again, the whole Acorn/Census connection was a result of incorrect information, reported by media sources and some elected representatives. It was not correct, and is not correct, no matter how many mistakenly covered it and then never updated to correct…
December 12th, 2009 at 5:12 pmtruthseeker Says:
“You are correct, NA, Census Bureau ties with ACORN have been severed. Type in “Census Bureau drops ACORN” and you get more info. I also thought everybody knew that, because it was briefly in the “news”, but all over the internet at the time. Lisa, the problem with your fact check article is that it is dated June of this year, whereas the Census Bureau action to drop ACORN was in (I think) September of this year.”
Thank you, I had thought this was common knowledge, and I didn’t expect to be attacked for speaking the truth. I guess that is the “progressive” way.
December 12th, 2009 at 6:04 pmPointing out the truth, is not attacking someone, unless of course they don’t want to accept the truth, since that would mean they’d have to rethink many of their other philosophies that could also be incorrect.
It amazes me how people hold on to their misconceptions…
December 12th, 2009 at 6:08 pmLisaRenee Says:
“Pointing out the truth, is not attacking someone, unless of course they don’t want to accept the truth, since that would mean they’d have to rethink many of their other philosophies that could also be incorrect.”
I was thinking the same thing.
December 12th, 2009 at 6:09 pmUnderstandable, denial is always something many turn to instead of seeking the truth. It’s much easier to blame a person or a party rather than to look at the larger picture, since that can require challenging belief systems.
It’s part of the problem our nation faces right now, instead of looking for real truths or answers too many buy into the fear or blame games.
December 12th, 2009 at 6:14 pmI am sorry you do not see the truth of acorn.
December 12th, 2009 at 6:32 pmIf that’s how you can convince yourself, not much I can do. You can lead people to information but you can’t make them think.
December 12th, 2009 at 7:01 pmI wish you would take the advice of truthseeker and follow his links.
December 12th, 2009 at 7:38 pmI have seen it, I did something most don’t do, don’t assume and look for the truth. Which is too much for those who don’t want to face reality. You want to believe Acorn is completely bad as well as Obama. It reminds me of my friends who were convinced Bush stole the election, the paranoia and the refusal to accept facts being demonstrated by some on the right is no different than what they did then.
Rather sad…
December 12th, 2009 at 7:46 pmSo you would vote for obama now? How has he changed your mind, since the election, I mean?
December 12th, 2009 at 8:16 pmYou really don’t get it do you? Everything is not this black and white, if I don’t agree with the bs tried to be sold on the Census and Acorn or believe your never ending one liners about Obama and socialism, that somehow means my concerns no longer exist? I’m not some naive person who believes all of these conspiracy theories, from either side…I do more than just google something, I actually research, think, study, question.
This is very tiresome and I know you enjoy poking at people to get them to emotionally respond to you, but that doesn’t work with me, what happens is it gets old. It’s not even slightly amusing anymore, it’s predictable.
December 12th, 2009 at 8:33 pm