Local Census office to hire new employees soon

Bee Pindel, office manager of the U.S. Census Bureau office in San Bernardino, said the office will need to put people to work in the coming weeks.

Pindel said there's an immediate need for listers, employees who verify local address information. People hired as listers could go to work in about six weeks. The job is part of the preparations for the 2010 Census, when the government will work to enumerate every man, woman and child living in the United States.

The job line for all Census jobs is (866) 861-2010. Pindel said many people are trying to get through the phone system to take the necessary test to score a job.

"The phone lines are so busy that they may have to be a little bit persistent," she said.

This reporter worked as a renumerator for the 2000 Census. He's subject to a lifelong oath of secrecy.