Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 7, Number 3, 1 Malaki 1990 — Census still hiring through mid-April [ARTICLE]

Census still hiring through mid-April

The Hawai'i Bureau of the Census is hiring employees for work to be done mid-April to early June. In Hawai'i, over 700 census jobs are still open. A special need exists for people who speak Hawaiian and other Pacific basin languages (Tongan or Samoan) or who speak Asian languages. Enumerators who help people fill out the forms are paid $9.19 an hour. Office workers are paid $8.27 an hour. Applications are being accepted through mid-April.

Tom Pieo of the Honolulu Census Bureau said an effort is made to assign enumerators to their own neighborhood. "People use mopeds, TheBus, sometimes have a friend drive them. lt is not required that a person have their own car, just that they ean get around," Pieo said. Mileage is reimbursed at 24 cents a mile for those using private vehicles. Anyone interested in working for the Census is asked to contact the office for further information. For the Honolulu to Koko Head to Kaneohe area eall the Honolulu office at 541-3498. For information on employment on the north shore or windward O'ahu or on the neighbor islands, eall the Waipahu office at 541-3556. Neighbor island residents may eall the Waipahu office collect.