The Census Bureau will soon start hiring people to help with the national head count in 2010, and a Moorhead nonprofit is hosting workshops to provide employment hopefuls tips on how to pass the qualifying test.
"In order to get a job with the census, you have to take a test," said Duke Schempp, executive director of the People Escaping Poverty Project. "It's like those old Iowa basic tests you take in grade school, a lot of multiple choice."
Schempp said PEPP wants to get people employed who will connect with communities that have been difficult to reach in the past: "The Somali community, the Sudanese community, different groups that traditionally have been undercounted."
He said the workshops Thursday and Dec. 5 will provide tips on how to handle multiple-choice questions so job hopefuls will feel more comfortable with the idea of taking a test.
"Then, they'll go and apply and hopefully be in a better mindset and practiced up, so they can do better on the test," said Schempp. Testing will start in November, with sessions being offered for about two months.
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To reserve a spot at one of the training dates, call PEPP at (218) 236-5434.
If you go
- What: Training workshops to prepare people for census employment testing
- Where: Centro Cultural de Fargo-Moorhead, 1014 19th St. S., Moorhead
Readers can reach Forum reporter Dave Olson at (701) 241-5555
