Census Training 4: Release into the Wild
Apr. 8th, 2010 07:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ursangnomeToday, I'd like to start with a personal note...
Working as a Census Crew Leader isn't in the same ballpark as my previous employment, in terms of compensation. However, it is a damn sight better than a sharp stick in the eye. It'll keep me busy, but still allow me to flex a bit to get interviews for full-time employment. It will look good on my resume, as being exercising at least some of my normal professional skills.
And, in terms of, "doing good work that needs to be done", it's pretty high on the scale. While managing development for a financial institution or an e-mail marketing company would pay far better, I'd not feel good about myself at the end of the day. I'm doing stuff that my country and society requires to keep functioning. How many others can claim that they work on stuff mandated by the U.S. Constitution?
(Well, okay, several hundred thousand people, nationwide, but you get the idea)
In seventy two years, when the records of this census are opened to the public (mostly for people tracing genealogies), my name is going to be all over several thousand forms.
The final day of training was again, not exactly thrill-a-minute stuff. We started out going over how we make assignments, how we change assignments, and how we monitor performance. We then got into Equal Opportunity, Discrimination, and Safety issues.
Finally, at the end of the day, I was assigned my Crew Leader District, and given a list of folks in my Crew (sorry, their names are PII, so you won't be told anything that can identify them, either). The location they've given me to train them is within about a 10 minute walk from my home (it actually might take me longer to drive there in morning traffic!).
And, finally, I have an egregiously pink Census 2010 baseball cap. That I'm using merely as memorabilia. I'm pretty sure wearing it would rob me of pretty much all credibility I might wield.
Now, the paper shuffling really begins...
Working as a Census Crew Leader isn't in the same ballpark as my previous employment, in terms of compensation. However, it is a damn sight better than a sharp stick in the eye. It'll keep me busy, but still allow me to flex a bit to get interviews for full-time employment. It will look good on my resume, as being exercising at least some of my normal professional skills.
And, in terms of, "doing good work that needs to be done", it's pretty high on the scale. While managing development for a financial institution or an e-mail marketing company would pay far better, I'd not feel good about myself at the end of the day. I'm doing stuff that my country and society requires to keep functioning. How many others can claim that they work on stuff mandated by the U.S. Constitution?
(Well, okay, several hundred thousand people, nationwide, but you get the idea)
In seventy two years, when the records of this census are opened to the public (mostly for people tracing genealogies), my name is going to be all over several thousand forms.
The final day of training was again, not exactly thrill-a-minute stuff. We started out going over how we make assignments, how we change assignments, and how we monitor performance. We then got into Equal Opportunity, Discrimination, and Safety issues.
Finally, at the end of the day, I was assigned my Crew Leader District, and given a list of folks in my Crew (sorry, their names are PII, so you won't be told anything that can identify them, either). The location they've given me to train them is within about a 10 minute walk from my home (it actually might take me longer to drive there in morning traffic!).
And, finally, I have an egregiously pink Census 2010 baseball cap. That I'm using merely as memorabilia. I'm pretty sure wearing it would rob me of pretty much all credibility I might wield.
Now, the paper shuffling really begins...
