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Working for those who strive for gold: Unemployed Londoners seek jobs at 2012 Games

Applicants hoping to work as members of security staff at the 2012 London Olympics fill out forms as they wait whilst going through a screening and interview process at a recruitment center set up by the G4S security company near the Olympic Park in Stratford east London Thursday Jan 26 2012 Dozens of unemployed Londoners converged on a center taking applications for security guards for the London Olympics on Thursday as the buildup for the 2012 London Olympics began to visibly crank up With half a year to go before the Olympics the focus has firmly shifted from building stadiums to delivering the sports But questions about money and transport remain AP Photo Matt Dunham
(AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

LONDON - The first sprint of the Olympic Games has begun: Unemployed Londoners are converging on a centre taking applications for those wanting to be Olympic security guards.

With only six months to go before the opening of the 2012 Summer Games, organizers are finalizing plans for security, ticketing and transport despite a series of setbacks that have pushed costs higher.

Hiring the new Olympic work force is the most visible signal yet that planners' focus has shifted from building stadiums to delivering the sports events.

Organizing committee chief executive Paul Deighton said Thursday that officials are "switching from planning stuff to really doing it."

Some 10,000 security guards are needed - and organizers have already received three times that number of applications.

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