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Census Bureau Hiring Workers Before the Big Count

Census Bureau Hiring Workers Before the Big Count

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The Census Bureau is gearing up for the ten-year count across the country and in South Dakota.
Blanca Ramirez-Salazar is the Partnership Coordinator for the Upper Plains states and says they are looking for quite a few part time employees to help with the count in the state…

Ramirez-Salazar says the actual count starts this spring…..

She says a Census enumerator will only knock on your door if you have not completed the online, mail in or telephone survey.
Ramirez-Salazar says the first push will be near university campuses..

Ramirez-Salazar says they will also make special efforts to count people in rural areas and Indian reservations.
She says the groundwork is scheduled to wrap up by August first.

To apply for a census job, you can do it right from your Smartphone. Just send a text message to 313131 and in the body of the text, type census jobs

You will receive a jobs flyer with a link that takes you right to the jobs site.

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